The Singapore Environment Council (SEC) announced on 19 March 2020 that Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) holding its internationally recognized certification, the Singapore Green Labelling Scheme (SGLS), and Eco Certifications can now apply for financing with HSBC SME Green Loan (Green Loan).
The HSBC SME Green Loan draws on...
PropertyGuru, announced on 12 March its expansion into home finance with the launch of its mortgage marketplace, ‘PropertyGuru Finance’.
Through this venture, PropertyGuru aims to assist Singaporeans in saving money on their home loans in the long term, as well as simplify their home buying journey. PropertyGuru Finance will...
Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Masatsugu Asakawa and Singapore Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Heng Swee Keat officially opened ADB’s new office in Singapore on 5 March 2020, deepening efforts to collaborate on some of the most pressing development challenges facing Asia and the Pacific.
The Singapore...
OCBC Bank leveraged Singapore Customs’ electronic Banker’s Guarantee program which was launched on 2 March, issuing an electronic banker’s guarantee (eBG) to Singapore Customs on behalf of vCargo Cloud, an Infocomm Technology solution and service provider that performs customs declaration services for forwarders and shippers.
OCBC Bank’s API connectivity with...
DBS Bank has completed the first trade financing settlement through through vCargo Cloud’s CamelONE Trade Finance portal (TFP) – with another two transactions slated to close in early March. The inaugural transaction relates to an SGD 4.8 million letter of credit transaction by homegrown steel wholesaler and supplier, Super...
DBS announced on 26 February its second round of relief measures to help businesses in Singapore cope better with the COVID-19 situation. These measures are a mix of financial relief packages and digital initiatives to enable companies to fast track their digital adoption and transaction fulfillment needs in the...
Advancing Singapore’s trade digitalization agenda, DBS Bank, in collaboration with Audi Singapore (Audi) and Audi’s local distributor, Premium Automobiles (Premium), completed in early February 2020 the first trade financing transaction on Singapore’s Networked Trade Platform (NTP).
The inaugural trade relates to a SGD3.5 million letter of credit transaction for a trade...
Maybank announced the launch of its instant online account opening for SMEs on 20 February. With this, SMEs in Malaysia can now access instant account opening via Maybank’s online banking platform, Maybank2u.
This allows business owners to open a conventional or an Islamic
business account from the comfort of their...
OCBC Bank has offered targeted support measures to assist customers across its core markets that are affected by the COVID-19 outbreak. These include Singapore, Malaysia, China, Hong Kong and Macau. The tailored measures have been put in place to ensure that they are able to manage their cashflows to...
The Singapore Business Federation Young Business Leaders Network (SBF-YBLN) announced on 20 February 2020 the launch of the SBF-YBLN “Helping Our Promising Enterprises” (HOPE) Fund to support local businesses during this challenging period. In partnership with Goldbell Evolution Network (GEN), a private debt investment platform, a seed fund of...
