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DBS inks MOU with UnionPay to allow PayLah! users to make overseas payments
SINGAPORE (Nov 26): DBS Bank has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with UnionPay International that will enable more than one million DBS PayLah! users to use their mobile wallet overseas for cross-border QR code payments.
November 26, 2018
Fintech
DBS Bank wins Global, Asia 'Bank of the Year' titles at Global SME Finance Awards
SINGAPORE (Nov 7): DBS Bank has emerged from over 100 international competitors to win ‘Bank of the Year’ titles for both Global and Asia categories at the inaugural Global SME Finance Awards, where the bank was commended for the robust regional growt
November 07, 2018
DBS sets its sights on China for debt capital markets push
(Sept 24): DBS Group Holdings, Southeast Asia’s largest lender, is expanding its fixed-income business in China in a bid to bring more first-time bond issuers to the offshore market.
September 24, 2018
Startups, Entrepreneurs, Digital economy
DBS and Singtel to help SMEs digitalise business
SINGAPORE (Aug 21): DBS and Singtel has reaffirmed their partnership to help local small and medium enterprises (SMEs) digitalise their businesses and keep pace with the technological shifts in the local and global economy.
August 21, 2018
1MDB Watch
In 1MDB corruption case, stakes are high for financial institutions
SINGAPORE (July 9): When Singapore was unceremoniously kicked out of Malaysia in 1965, the tiny island nation was forced to find a way to survive and thrive. Former prime minister Lee Kuan Yew took inspiration from another small nation: the landlocked Swi
July 08, 2018
Fintech
DBS launches real-time digital cross-border payment tracking for corporate, SME clients
SINGAPORE (Apr 23): DBS announced that it has launched real-time cross-border payment tracking for more than 200,000 of its corporate and SME clients in Singapore and Hong Kong at no additional cost.
April 23, 2018
Fintech
Singapore favours ‘organic’ policy in move toward open banking
(Apr 12): Singapore wants its lenders to share data with financial technology and other non-bank firms, but doesn’t plan to force the issue, according to a central bank official.
April 12, 2018
Fintech
DBS to cut corporate cheques issue down 30% by 2020 with more digital payment
SINGAPORE (Apr 5): DBS wants to help business customers cut their use of cheques by at least 30% over the coming two years.
April 05, 2018
Careers & Training
DBS partners NTU to launch new wealth management track for undergraduates
SINGAPORE (Feb 13): DBS Bank and Nanyang Technological University (NTU) have teamed up to launch a new Applied Wealth Management track for the latter’s undergraduates, to be introduced under the current Banking & Finance specialisation of the Bachelor o
February 13, 2018