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Trust Bank hits one million customers, launches investment products
[ad_1] SINGAPORE digital bank Trust Bank has hit the one-million-customer milestone, making up about 20 per cent of the adult population in the city-state. It crossed the milestone in February,...
EDB managing director Jacqueline Poh named as JTC’s new CEO
[ad_1] She will also be appointed as a member of the JTC board in an ex officio capacityTHE Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) announced on Friday (Feb 21) that...
StanChart CEO Winters’ 2024 pay jumps 46% on-year
[ad_1] The surge in total remuneration comes mainly from a nearly 78% increase in the long-term incentive awardSTANDARD Chartered chief executive officer Bill Winters’ total salary for 2024 came up...
Abrdn in talks to launch China asset management venture with Citic unit: sources
[ad_1] ABRDN is in advanced talks with Citic Bank to launch an asset management joint venture in China, two sources with knowledge of the matter said, as the British firm...
Malaysia Starbucks franchise holder triples loss on boycotts
[ad_1] BERJAYA Food’s hundreds of Starbucks’ subsidiary outlets across Malaysia contributed to the company’s fifth straight quarterly loss after boycotts of US fast food brands over America’s support of Israel’s...
StanChart to return US$1.5 billion more as earnings beat
[ad_1] STANDARD Chartered said it would hand back US$1.5 billion more to shareholders as it reported fourth-quarter earnings that beat estimates, boosted by a strong performance in its trading and...
BlackRock resumes talks with companies following SEC guidance
[ad_1] BLACKROCK has restarted its investment stewardship meetings with companies after a short pause used to assess new US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) guidelines about the influence of asset...
Rex International falls 19.5% to S$0.173 on heavy trading after profit warning
[ad_1] SHARES of oil exploration and production company Rex International fell on Friday (Feb 21) morning on heavy trading after the company said it was expecting to post a net...
PBOC injects most short-term funds this month amid cash crunch
[ad_1] The PBOC has been tolerating a surge in repo rates and kept liquidity conditions tight, aiming to support the yuan amid economic headwindsCHINA’S central bank increased injection of short-term...
Billionaire investor Ryan Cohen boosts stake in Alibaba to US$1 billion: WSJ
[ad_1] BILLIONAIRE investor Ryan Cohen has increased his personal stake in Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group to roughly US$1 billion in recent months, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on...
Singapore shares muted at Friday’s open; STI down 0.02% 
[ad_1] SINGAPORE stocks opened nearly flat on Friday (Feb 21) morning as global markets recorded declines overnight. As at 9.03 am, the Straits Times Index (STI) was down 0.02 per cent...
Meta reduces stock options for staff despite trading at record highs: FT
[ad_1] META Platforms has cut back on its yearly distribution of stock options by about 10 per cent for tens of thousands of employees despite the social media giant trading...