Private-bank onboarding time still a sticking point despite Singapore’s push for speed

Car rental firm Charlotte Vehicle allegedly owes about S$140,000 to 34 customers

Singapore River precinct revitalisation measures to continue after year-long pilot

Freehold Sembawang apartment up for collective sale at S$130 million

THE LEVEL GROUND

Vers for old HDB flats: Could the consent threshold be 65%?

The real marketing for a hospital is the trust it builds and what is passed on by word of mouth, says Proud Patanavanich, assistant CEO at MedPark Hospital.

Asean Business

THE LEADERSHIP PLAYBOOK

MedPark’s assistant CEO runs a hospital where patients, physicians precede profits

US Army soldiers take part in the annual Freedom Shield joint military training in South Korea on Mar 14.

Global Enterprise

Trump orders Pentagon to cut back military exercises with South Korea, cites Seoul’s Iran war stance

Developer sales pick up in July with 731 new homes sold, mainly from 2 launches

SINGAPORE PROPERTY

Sustained Land buys Thomson Lane plot for S$578 million, plans condo project on prime site

ROBUST RESULTS
Data centre S-Reits power ahead on AI, cloud growth
ANALYTICS BOOST
How Singapore investors are using brokerage AI tools
DIALOGUE PARTNER
Turkey’s Asean upgrade opens up opportunities
UPHILL BATTLE
Can Singapore ever become a cycling city?
BT EXCLUSIVE
Singapore’s next wave of real estate players
AI BOOST
UMS shares climb 8.2% after surge in Q2 profit
BEER SALES DROP
ThaiBev Ebitda improves despite revenue decline
ONE-OFF COSTS
Sembcorp raises interim dividend despite profit slide
PROFIT JUMP
StarHub expects more virtual telco consolidation
RETAIL PARTNERS
Meta leans into creator-led commerce in Apac
RESIDENTIAL PARCELS
Orchard Boulevard, Marina Gardens Lane sites on sale
FINANCIAL RESULTS
Foundation Healthcare H1 profit drops 67.6%

BREAKING NEWS

China new home prices stagnant in July as demand stays weak

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Daily Debrief: What Happened Today (Aug 17)

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Singapore shares rise on Monday; STI up 0.4%

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Developer sales pick up in July with 731 new homes sold, mainly from 2 launches

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THE BOTTOM LINE

Defence is becoming Asia’s next industrial policy

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Economy & Policy

Singapore business sentiment recovers in Q2, outlook still cautious: SBF poll

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Private-bank onboarding time still a sticking point despite Singapore’s push for speed

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Car rental firm Charlotte Vehicle allegedly owes about S$140,000 to 34 customers

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COMPANIES & MARKETS

Singapore shares rise on Monday; STI up 0.4%

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Private-bank onboarding time still a sticking point despite Singapore’s push for speed

2026-08-17T10:16:58.000Z

Car rental firm Charlotte Vehicle allegedly owes about S$140,000 to 34 customers

2026-08-17T10:09:21.000Z

Malaysian Airlines pilots clear drug checks, cabin crew to be tested next

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Bitcoin ETFs see largest outflow in six weeks as token stagnates

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Shein eyes company valuation of around US$25 billion in Hong Kong IPO

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OPINION & FEATURES

Traders are spoiling for a fight over the yen

Katie Martin

Turkey’s upgrade to Asean dialogue partner offers both sides business opportunities

Mehmet Enes Beser

THE BROAD VIEW

Workplaces are enabling the ‘queen bee syndrome’ – and it is holding women back

Henrike Gueth ,

Nicolas Bastoli &

Winnie Jiang

ASEAN BUSINESS

The VN-Index has fallen nearly 9% in the last three months, and is down over 3% in the year to date, after surging more than 40% in 2025.

Asean Business

Tepid investor interest a dampener on Vietnam’s strong IPO pipeline

GLOBAL ENTERPRISE

FuriosaAI co-founder and CEO June Paik with a Furiosa RNGD card. The South Korean firm, founded in 2017, is one of the few startups in Asia to have secured production for its advanced AI chips.

Global Enterprise

What’s stopping Asia’s chipmakers from taking on Nvidia? The answer lies in this bottleneck

INSIDE THE C-SUITE

Jiang Kai, president of Cosco Shipping International (Singapore), believes that growing trade flows to South-east Asia will boost integrated logistics demand in the region.

TOPLINE

‘Full of confidence’ in South-east Asia: Cosco Shipping eyes investments in Malaysia, Vietnam and Indonesia to power growth

SGSME

HR professionals can cultivate the psychological safety that enables people to approach change with curiosity rather than anxiety, bringing people through transformation as a strategic capability.

SGSME

COMMENTARY

Why HR holds the key to Singapore’s most exciting economic chapter yet

PODCASTS

What does ‘true’ institutional diversification look like, versus the ‘tick-box’ diversification retail investors are sold?

Behind the institutional veil: what your bank doesn’t want you to know about asset allocation

Stop investing like a hedge fund. Arki Finance’s David Ng exposes why your “diversified” portfolio might be failing you today.

The rules of investing have changed. Has your portfolio?

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Records, rate cuts and the yen’s reckoning

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Politics that matter: reading Malaysia’s stability through the lens of Johor’s economic zone

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