Singapore
StanChart joins Visa’s B2B Connect to enhance cross-border payments
                                                                                 
                    
                    It aims to facilitate faster and more cost-effective business-to-business (B2B).
                
                                
            StanChart joins Visa’s B2B Connect to enhance cross-border payments
                                                                                                                 
                            
                            It aims to facilitate faster and more cost-effective business-to-business (B2B).
                        
                                                
                        
    
                    DCS Card Centre, E6 launch credit card issuing solution for fintechs
                                                                                                 
                        
                        The service will be first rolled out in Singapore.
                    
                                        
                    
                Standard Chartered launches open banking marketplace with over 100 APIs
                                                                                                 
                        
                        Clients can discover, identify, and test APIs in a sandbox environment.
                    
                                        
                    
                Citi names Amit Dhawan as head of CCB Singapore
                                                                                                 
                        
                        Dhawan has been head of emerging corporates for Asia since 2017.
                    
                                        
                    
                Fintech Qashier clinches in-principle approval for a MPI license from MAS
                                                                                                 
                        
                        Qashier had been operating under an exempted framework for the past 5 years.
                    
                                        
                    
                Maybank Singapore unveils online investment service for as low as S$200
                                                                                                 
                        
                        From now until 30 June, the sales charge for the first $2,000 will be waived.
                    
                                        
                    
                Maybank offers financial package for registered charities
                                                                                                 
                        
                        They offered the first recyclable grant in Singapore.
                    
                                        
                    
                HK-based fintech KPay expands operations to Singapore
                                                                                                 
                        
                        The firm plans to triple its merchant base in Singapore to over 10,000.
                    
                                        
                    
                DBS and OCBC expected to deliver steady Q1 net profits
                                                                                                 
                        
                        Their net interest margins will ease as a result of their Hong Kong loans.
                    
                                        
                    
                SC Ventures, ENGIE Factory back conservation financing venture
                                                                                                 
                        
                        The venture is expected to launch this year.
                    
                                        
                    
                Thailand’s SCB, SCG offers green loans for net zero buildings
                                                                                                 
                        
                        The loan will help entrepreneurs transition their buildings to net zero structures.
                    
                                        
                    
                Financial firms lead LinkedIn’s top companies in Singapore
                                                                                                 
                        
                        LinkedIn unveils companies list where professionals advance the most.
                    
                                        
                    
                OCBC’s green car loans surged sixfold as new EV brands pique buyers
                                                                                                 
                        
                        Loan demand for used EVs rose 30 times compared to launch, the bank said.
                    
                                        
                    
                Singapore banks’ interest rates will remain elevated until Q3: analyst
                                                                                                 
                        
                        DBS and OCBC are expected to provide dividend yield of 7.4% and 6.5%.
                    
                                        
                    
                S’pore’s payment cards lead with 40% market share in online transactions
                                                                                                 
                        
                        An analyst said Singapore’s advanced tech infrastructure has boosted alternative payments.
                    
                                        
                    
                TerraPay obtains MPI License in Singapore
                                                                                                 
                        
                        TerraPay now has 11 licenses and 19 regulator approvals across 30 markets.
                    
                                        
                    
                GXS FlexiLoan customers have saved S$4m in interest: GXS Bank
                                                                                                 
                        
                        The loan’s interest is calculated daily based on the outstanding balance the day before.
                    
                                        
                    
                 
            	         
                	         
                	         
                	         
                	         
                	         
                	         
                	         
                	         
                	         
                	         
                	         
                	         
                	         
                	         
                	         
                	         
                             
                     
                             
                     
                             
                             
                     
                             
           
                                 
                                 
                                 
               
                                     
                                     
                                     
 
                                                                                                
                                                
                                                                                                                                         
 
                                                                                                
                                                
                                                                                                                                         
 
                                                                                                
                                                
                                                                                                                                         
 
                                                                                                
                                                
                                                                                                                                         
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                