SINGAPORE – DBS Bank has signed cross-referral agreements with peer-to-peer (p2p) lending platforms Funding Societies and MoolahSense, it announced on Tuesday (April 19). DBS said it is the first Singapore bank to collaborate with such
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1MDB pays coupon for debt after missing two interest payments
KUALA LUMPUR (BLOOMBERG) – Malaysia’s troubled state investment company 1Malaysia Development Bhd paid the coupon on its Islamic debt after missing two payments on other securities earlier. 1MDB undertook the scheduled payment of 143.8 million ringgit
Read moreTimeshare Trustees we explain
An explanation of the role of timeshare trustees. When a consumer purchases timeshare, they purchase ‘occupancy rights’ in respect of certain holiday accommodation belonging to the developer. The nature of the ‘occupancy rights’ is defined
Read moreWe see the light. Crowdfunding the way of the future
What is CrowdFunding? This is the practice of funding a project or venture by raising monetary contributions from a large number of people, today often performed via internet-mediated registries, but the concept can also be
Read moreJapan ATM scam using fraudulent cards nets $12.7m
Cash worth 1.4bn yen ($13m; £8.8m) has been taken from cash machines in Japan using credit cards created with data stolen from a South African bank. The money was withdrawn in less than three hours
Read moreManny Pacquiao wins Senate seat, bringing him closer to presidency
Boxing great Manny Pacquiao has won a seat in the Philippine Senate based on an unofficial count and was set to be proclaimed on Thursday with other senatorial winners, bringing him closer to a possible
Read moreAir-con technician jailed 3 years with 4 strokes of the cane for house-breaking by night
SINGAPORE – A freelance air-con maintenance technician who was desperate to repay his debt to a loanshark broke into his friend’s office and spent about an hour cutting into a safe to steal $42,000 in
Read moreRoof collapses at Hong Kong’s City University sports hall
The roof of a sports hall at a university in Hong Kong collapsed on Friday, injuring three people. The top of the hall at City University caved in at around 14:30 local time (06:30 GMT)
Read moreLeicester City FC takes time out in Phuket Thailand
PHUKET: More than 70 players and staff from the English Premier League’s Leicester City Football Club touched down at Phuket Airport yesterday for a three-day stopover before traveling to Myanmar on Sunday. The team arrived
Read moreInventive email scam rises in Asia
Criminals target firms fool staff by pretending to be a senior executive seeking the urgent transfer of funds, report says The Asia-Pacific has seen a significant increase of scam emails in the past two years,
Read moreA star-studded treat for Singapore Olympic Foundation
Special guests Ms Logan Tom and players and legends from Valencia Club de Futbol (VCF) joined 308 student-athletes and their family members at the ITE College East for the annual Singapore Olympic Foundation-Peter Lim (SOF-PL)
Read moreSingapore films debut at Cannes: A look in pictures
SINGAPORE – Two Singapore films that debuted at the Cannes Film Festival this week have earned good reviews and – in the case of one – received a standing ovation at its premiere. The audience’s
Read moreHong Kong glues bricks to pavements as top Beijing official makes visit
Thousands of police drafted in as authorities take extraordinary step in bid to prevent repeat of violent Chinese New Year protests Authorities in Hong Kong have been busy glueing hundreds of bricks to the pavements
Read moreMinister scoffs at petition to oust Najib
KUALA LUMPUR • Communications and Multimedia Minister Salleh Said Keruak yesterday poured cold water on the notion that Prime Minister Najib Razak could be ousted through the Malaysian King, using millions of public signatures. Datuk
Read moreHard Rock Cafe’s Cadillac comes down
SINGAPORE – The flaming purple 1961 Cadillac sticking out of the Hard Rock Cafe Singapore was taken down on Monday (May 16), as one of Singapore’s most iconic culinary destinations is closed for renovations until August.
Read moreFraud Warning
ATTENTION: all ITRA clients’ current, pending and potential. Please be aware that ITRA has discovered a fraudulent operator in the north of England claiming to be an ITRA agent. This scammer seems to have illegally
Read moreOfficial Facebook page of Singapore Police
This is the new Facebook site for Singapore police https://www.facebook.com/singaporepoliceforce Link to this post!
Read moreDHL warns of phone scammers asking for personal information
Members of the public received automated phone calls from suspicious-looking phone numbers, which later directed them to an operator asking for personal information. SINGAPORE: Courier company DHL has warned members of the public that scammers
Read moreLand Bank Scammers Ordered To Repay £21 Million
Scammers who tricked investors into buying small plots of land at over-inflated prices have lost a Supreme Court appeal against their conviction. The directors and companies involved in the land banking scam must now pay
Read moreVictim of land banking scam hits out at legal system
This just goes to show Its happening around the world. A retired teacher from the Isle of Wight who fell victim to land banking scams has gone public to hit out at the legal system. He
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