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What Is The Difference Between Binance And Binance Singapore?

If you’ve ever wondered what the difference is between Binance and Binance SG, believe me, you’re not alone! In today’s post I will write about the differences between the two platforms in terms of functions, and how you can be using them both. Why are there two Binances? I’m not …

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SINGA Explained: Singapore Is Getting In Debt To Make Even More Money

One of the most important and yet the least covered topics of the latest 2021 Budget announcement in Singapore was the Significant Infrastructure Government Loan Act (SINGA). What it means is that for the first time in about 40 years, the Singapore government is going to borrow money to finance …

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How Singapore Can Benefit From A Slower COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout

COVID-19 vaccine rollout is one of the main topics of early-2021, with a few countries – Israel, United Arab Emirates (UAE) and United Kingdom (UK) in particular — surging ahead of everybody else in vaccination rates. Image Credit: Our World in Data But the real winners aren’t those who race …

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Grab-Singtel Consortium and SEA (Shopee) Awarded Full Singapore Digital Banking License

According to an article on Business Times, the Grab-Singtel consortium as well as ecommerce conglomerate SEA has just won the digital full banking license awarded by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). Singapore is taking a big step forward in fintech with the opening of digital bank license applications by …

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GE 2020: Here’s Everything You Need To Know About The Singapore Democratic Alliance

General Election is upon us now and it’s time to get educated on the different political parties that will be contesting in the upcoming election. Who are they? What do they stand for? What is their track record? In this series, we will cover everything you need to know about …

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GE 2020: Here’s A Breakdown Of The Progress Singapore Party’s Manifesto

The Progress Singapore Party (PSP) unveiled today (June 29) its manifesto, with “You Deserve Better” as its campaign slogan for the upcoming election. Registered in March last year, the party is contesting its first general election. It is fielding the largest opposition contingent to contest 24 seats in nine constituencies. In …

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MAS Confirms Singapore Recession, First Negative Quarter Since 2009 Global Financial Crisis

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has confirmed that the country “will enter into a recession this year”, in a macroeconomic report released today. This major economic downturn has been brought on by the impacts of the coronavirus outbreak. Singapore’s economy already contracted 2.2 per cent year-on-year in the first …

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