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Financial institutions take 8 fintech startups under their wing
SINGAPORE (Aug 22): Eight financial technology (fintech) companies on Monday are starting a 12-week mentorship programme in the third annual FinTech Innovation Lab Asia-Pacific.
August 22, 2016
How the fintech landscape is moving away from cold, hard cash
SINGAPORE (Aug 18): Investments in venture capital (VC) backed financial technology (fintech) startups have declined by 49% in 2Q16, on the back of a tougher climate for marketplace lenders as well as a decline in mega-round activity.
August 18, 2016
1MDB Watch
Goldman summoned by New York bank regulator over 1MDB bond sales
NEW YORK (Aug 5): New York’s top banking regulator asked Goldman Sachs Group Inc. to supply more information about its work for a Malaysian investment fund amid investigations into whether any money laundering, sanctions violations or other misconduct o
August 05, 2016
1MDB Watch
1MDB: The inside story of the world’s biggest financial scandal
(July 28): On 22 June 2015, Xavier Justo, a 48-year-old retired Swiss banker, walked towards the front door of his brand new boutique hotel on Koh Samui, a tropical Thai island. He had spent the past three years building the luxurious white-stone complex
July 29, 2016
1MDB Watch
No Singapore bank received 1MDB bond proceeds, says MAS
SINGAPORE (June 8): Singapore's central bank said on Wednesday that no bank in Singapore received the US$3 billion ($4 billion) wire transfer from Goldman Sachs which had arranged the bond issuance for Malaysian state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad
June 08, 2016
1MDB Watch
US investigators probe Goldman Sachs over Malaysian fund 1MDB: WSJ report
BENGALURU (June 7): US law enforcement officials are attempting to identify whether Goldman Sachs Group Inc violated federal law after failing to flag a transaction in Malaysia, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people it said were familiar with th
June 07, 2016
Goldman singles out zinc as ‘bullish exception’ among metals
LONDON (May 19): Zinc stands alone, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc. The New York-based bank has raised its forecasts for the next year on tightening supply and robust demand in China, highlighting its positive prospects in contrast to the “very be
May 19, 2016