Global technology company TransferWise announced today (Feb 22) that it has undergone a rebranding, in which it is renamed to Wise. Launched in 2011, Wise started out as a money transfer service for consumers, and has since expanded to build a cross-border payments network that aims to make international banking …
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Chinese streaming service iQiyi unveiled on Tuesday (December 15) its Singapore office at Robinson Road, which will serve as its regional headquarters. Kuek Yu Chuang, iQiyi’s vice-president for its international business shared that the firm currently has 25 employees, and it plans to hire over 200 staff in Singapore in …
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Convenience store Cheers has just opened a new and completely unmanned outlet at Our Tampines Hub last Saturday (Dec 12). At the Cheers store, customers can just walk in, grab the items they need and walk out without having to take out their phones, credit cards or cash to make …
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Singapore-based fintech startup GoBear announced yesterday (1 September) that it would be retrenching 22 employees due to the Covid-19 pandemic. This makes up 11 per cent of GoBear’s total workforce of 200 employees. The affected employees are from GoBear’s operations, product and technology teams. Out of the 22 employees, six …
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DBS is protecting jobs and ramping up hiring despite the economic downturn caused by Covid-19. The bank yesterday (14 May) announced that it will hire more than 2,000 people in Singapore this year. It also assured its 12,000 existing staff that there will be no layoffs. Employees who are unable …
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“I’m only good at like three things: Oily skin, I’m funny, and I can write. I’m originally from Tulsa, Oklahoma, and while it was a good place to grow up, I always wanted to live in New York and I always wanted to be a writer. When I was young …
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