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WITHOUT a full-blown recession, expansionary fiscal policy still looks unlikely, but the topic is gaining ground, Swiss-Italian economist Beatrice Weder di Mauro noted on Thursday.

OCBC Bank is still "actively chatting" with potential partners as it mulls a digital banking licence in Singapore to grow its digital customer base, said the bank's chief operating officer Ching Wei Hong at a media briefing on Thursday.

THERE is no compelling reason for central banks to issue digital currencies, said managing director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) Ravi Menon.

OVER the next four years or so, Singapore will work with other Asean countries to link up their real-time payment systems to enable small retail payments using just mobile numbers, with the link-up between Singapore and Thailand expected to be completed by the middle of next year,...

AT A time when traditional trade relations come under strain, Singapore's move to build data corridors with other small, open economies for greater digital connectivity is the new frontier in global liberalisation, Ravi Menon, managing director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), has said.

SINGAPORE expects to announce next year the details of a single platform for consumers to aggregate their financial information from various accounts across banks, insurance companies and brokerages, said Ravi Menon, managing director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS).

AMID geopolitical tensions and economic uncertainties, dealmakers are optimistic about their ability to get deals done, with many even anticipating a rise in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the year ahead. This is according to research conducted by Baker Tilly International and M&A intelligence provider Mergermarket, which...

Hong Kong may have been seeing money flow out as the city's turmoil undermines its reputation as a stable financial centre, but one important source of capital keeps on coming: cash for initial public offerings (IPOs).

THERE is no compelling reason for central banks to issue digital currencies, said managing director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) Ravi Menon.

SINGAPORE will take an "open mind" towards a new breed of cryptocurrencies known as stablecoins - with Facebook’s Libra the most famous example - but is wary of the risks they pose to central banks' control over monetary policy, said managing director of the Monetary Authority of...