HACKERS used South-east Asian banks to receive funds from 83 per cent of all studied fraudulent transactions in 2018 and 2019, according to global payments network SWIFT.
SINGAPORE came in fifth out of six South-east Asian countries for growth in mobile payments use, while Vietnam tops the table both regionally and globally, according to PwC's Global Consumer Insights Survey 2019.
INSURER NTUC Income has partnered ZA Tech Global Limited to develop digital innovations and product launches in Singapore, starting with a lifestyle insurance product catering to the tourism sector.
HSBC Private Banking has made another senior hire for its new ultra high net worth unit focused on serving super rich families in Asia, following two senior hires in March.  
INSURER NTUC Income has partnered ZA Tech Global Limited to develop digital innovations and product launches in Singapore, starting with a lifestyle insurance product catering to the tourism sector.
SINGAPORE-BASED fintech Smartkarma will integrate its technology with major US brokerage Interactive Brokers, it said in a media release.
THE money-laundering scandals keep rolling in, most recently in Estonia, where a subsidiary of Danske Bank reportedly processed some 200 billion euros (S$305 billion) in suspicious payments from around the region in recent years.
IN 2018, US$1.7 billion worth of crypto currency was stolen - over triple the amount lost the year before, despite the market slump. An astounding US$950 million of those stolen digital assets was taken directly from exchanges or wallets. From a lack of good security practices to...
INVESTMENT banks and asset managers are trimming their headcount as bottom lines get battered by the US-China trade war, rising US interest rates and slowing economic growth.
THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has slapped prohibition orders (POs) on three individuals who worked for separately for HSBC, UOB and NTUC Income after their convictions in court for offences involving fraud and dishonesty.
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