[Article has been updated on 14 December 2020, 5:40pm] Singapore has approved the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong today (14 December) in an address. The first shipment is expected to arrive by the end of this month, making Singapore one of the first …
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The uptake of streaming services has surged due to the Covid-19 pandemic and come next year, Singaporeans will have another new option to add to their list. Disney+ announced today (December 11) that its streaming services would be made available in Singapore starting 23 February 2021. The service will offer …
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When it comes to customer expectations, the pandemic has changed everything Learn how to accelerate customer service, optimize costs, and improve self-service in a digital-first world. Register here Accounting and consulting firm Deloitte has announced its predictions for tech, media and communications in 2021. Prognostications include that the number of …
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Perennial Real Estate announced today (December 4) that it has acquired the Big Box shopping mall in Jurong East for S$ 118 million. This acquisition deal is expected to complete by mid-February 2021. In a media statement, Perennial said that it has obtained JTC Corporation’s approval for the site to …
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The Monetary Authority of Singapore announced yesterday (December 4) the award of four digital bank licenses in Singapore. Out of the four, Grab-Singtel consortium and Sea — the parent company of e-commerce giant Shopee — has won the bid for two digital full banking licenses. Following this grant, Grab-Singtel consortium …
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The COVID-19 pandemic has badly impacted the job market in Singapore, with pay cuts, retrenchments, as well as salary and hiring freezes. As the job market continues to be sluggish in the year ahead, it’s really not a bad idea to start up your own business, especially since the government’s …
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The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced today (Nov 30) that eligible non-bank financial institutions (NFIs) will be allowed to connect directly to funds transfer services PayNow and Fast (Fast And Secure Transfers). These NFIs include Grab Financial Group, which operates GrabPay; Razer Fintech, the financial technology arm of gaming …
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Photo by fizkes / Shutterstock.com You hopefully already know that limits on certain retirement accounts tend to rise each year to account for inflation — and 2021 will be no exception to that, as we recently reported. But these are not the only limits that the IRS imposes or oversees …
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2020 marks the third year of Graduates’ Choice Awards (GCA), an awards event held by Talentbank to showcase graduates’ top choices of employers in Malaysia. For this year, they got over 24,000 graduates from private and public universities in Malaysia to vote for who they thought were the most attractive …
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