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UOB has a reputation for being one of the top banks in the world when it comes to financing small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs).
The Republic’s central bank is creating a digital platform that will compel financial institutions to securely exchange information on questionable clients or transactions in order to cleanse fraudsters who are transferring filthy money via Singapore’s financial institutions.
Early next year, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) will lay out its regulatory expectations on the disclosure criteria that retail funds in Singapore with an ESG (environmental, social, and governance) investing goal must achieve, according to its managing director Ravi Menon.
Singapore is confident that global tax reforms will not hurt its competitiveness given the “strong value propositions” it has built up over the years, said Beh Swan Gin, chairman of the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB).
The fintech industry in Singapore saw a three-year high in transactions in the first half of this year as companies accelerated their digital transformation.
Singapore’s manufacturing sector grew for the eighth consecutive month last month, which was driven by a low base among the Covid-19 restriction measures last year.
According to the Communications and Information Minister Josephine Teo, the Infocomm media (ICM) sector is likely to take up a larger portion of the Singapore economy in the future.
Businesses and consumers can look forward to the signing of the UK-Singapore Digital Economy Agreement, which sets out rules for reliable cross-border data flows and high data protection standards.
According to MAS managing director Ravi Menon, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) will provide US$1.8 billion of its official foreign reserves (OFR) to five asset managers for climate-related investments.