Singapore HEALTHTECH startups in Singapore attracted US$105 million across 21 deals in 2018, according to a report published by healthtech researcher Galen Growth Asia in collaboration with Singapore’s Economic Development Board. Singapore’s deal value made…
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Mon, Aug 26, 2019 – 9:12 AM OCBC Bank on Sunday launched a new travel credit card called the OCBC 90°N Card, projected to achieve S$1 billion in annual card billings within three years. This…
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SWITZERLAND and Singapore-focused tokenisation startup Sygnum has clinched one of two conditional banking and securities dealers’ licences in Switzerland, the first time that the European country’s Financial Market Supervisory Authority (Finma) has given the go-ahead…
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Tue, Aug 27, 2019 – 5:50 AM DON’T expect Asia to take many leads from Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s signal that further US interest rate cuts are coming. That’s not because the Fed chief’s…
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Singapore SWITZERLAND and Singapore-focused tokenisation startup Sygnum has clinched one of two conditional banking and securities dealers’ licences in Switzerland, the first time that the European country’s Financial Market Supervisory Authority (Finma) has given the…
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Tue, Aug 27, 2019 – 11:44 AM INSURER AIA on Tuesday said it plans to transfer its life insurance business in Brunei to AIA Singapore Private Limited. The Brunei business is currently set up as…
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(Reuters) – RRJ Capital is in talks with Chinese conglomerate HNA Group Co [HNAIRC.UL] to lead a $4 billion investment in U.S. electronics distributor Ingram Micro Inc, Bloomberg reported on Saturday, citing people familiar with…
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(Reuters) – RRJ Capital is in talks with Chinese conglomerate HNA Group Co [HNAIRC.UL] to lead a $4 billion investment in U.S. electronics distributor Ingram Micro Inc, Bloomberg reported on Saturday, citing people familiar with…
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DAR ES SALAAM/JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South African authorities impounded an Airbus 220-300 aircraft leased by Tanzania’s national flag carrier following a court application by a retired farmer who is owed compensation by the Tanzanian government,…
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A teenage girl from New Zealand sick with measles visited Disneyland and other popular tourist stops across Southern California earlier this month, possibly infecting others, local government health officials warned. FILE…
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