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| 30.08.2024 | Chicken, ice cream, and travel gear: new bets from SEA VCs | Premium Content
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| 05.08.2024 | UOB prices A$1 billion in bonds, the largest-ever conventional single-tranche issuance by a Singapore issuer in Australia | SINGAPORE, Aug. 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- UOB Sydney Branch has priced A$1 billion in four-year senior unsecured notes due 2028. The notes were priced on Friday (2 Aug) at the Bank Bill Swap Rate (BBSW) plus 0.74 per cent.
The issuance is the... |
| 10.07.2024 | Singapore’s sophistication, Johor’s cheaper cost create ‘best of both worlds’ for SEZ between both sides: Rafizi | Listen to this article
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| 09.07.2024 | Easier for Asia Pacific SMEs to go global with DHL Express digital tools | DHL Express’s digital tools are available to equip small and medium enterprises (SMEs) with knowledge and expertise to navigate the global marketplace from planning to aftersales
SINGAPORE – Media OutReach Newswire – 10 July 2024 – DHL Expr... |
| 17.06.2024 | Wealth Management Firms in Asia Embrace AI to Serve the Region’s Ultra-Wealthy | - |
| 16.05.2024 | More EV chargers, bicycle lots and super-low energy buildings at upcoming Punggol Digital District | Listen to this article
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| 10.05.2024 | Porsche Experience Centre to open in Singapore by 2027; world-class wellness attraction planned for Marina South | Listen to this article
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| 10.05.2024 | Singapore's OCBC posts record Q1 profit, lifts margin guidance for 2024 | SINGAPORE: Singapore's second-largest bank OCBC posted on Friday (May 10) a better-than-expected 5 per cent rise in first-quarter profit and forecast its net interest margin at the higher end of a 2.2 per cent to 2.25 per cent range for the... |
| 23.04.2024 | Regional businesses eyeing ASEAN in overseas expansion plans: UOB Study | Around less than half of businesses have implemented sustainability practices
SINGAPORE, April 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Despite the ongoing economic uncertainties, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and large enterprises in the South... |
| 18.04.2024 | China's March new home prices dip 2.2% | ECONOMY & POLICY China's March new home prices dip 2.2%
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The report stated that new home prices in China experienced their most rapid decline in over eight years in March, with the debt issues of major prop... |
| 12.04.2024 | Optimising business operations with innovative payment solutions | Listen to this article
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| 18.03.2024 | CX Asia Excellence Awards 2024 Opens - Submit Your Entry and Be Recognised as a CX Leader | SINGAPORE, March 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Calling all customer experience (CX) champions in Asia! The CX Asia Excellence Awards 2024 is now open for submissions, marking its 10th year of celebrating the best-in-class CX practices across the... |
| 09.11.2023 | Elevating the consumer experience with smart nudges | Listen to this article
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| 31.10.2023 | UOB makes steady progress on net zero commitment | SINGAPORE, Oct. 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- UOB today released its first net zero progress report on its commitment to reach net zero by 2050, as it makes positive headway in meeting the targets set for its focus sectors.
UOB's net zero commit... |
| 04.10.2023 | UOB sets up Sustainability Advisory Panel with appointment of sustainability and industry experts | SINGAPORE, Oct. 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- UOB has set up a Sustainability Advisory Panel comprising sustainability and industry experts to independently advise the Bank's Board and Management on its sustainability strategy, targets and initia... |
| 22.08.2023 | «Золотой век» финтеха в странах АСЕАН: что происходит в регионе сейчас | Переход к разделу: История образования АСЕАН Драйверы развития FinTech-индустрии Категории финансовых сервисов Будущее встроенных финансовых сервисов: прогнозы и перспективы
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| 19.06.2023 | UOB: Asian SMEs, Large Enterprises Are Embracing Digitalization | In Southeast Asia and Greater China, small-, medium- and large-sized enterprises are embracing digital tools to adapt to the rapidly changing business landscape, expand internationally and address supply chain challenges, a new study by the... |
| 23.05.2023 | From paper to cloud: Powering businesses to the next level, digitally | The rate of change is now faster than before – and businesses that don’t keep up risk falling behind. COVID-19 sped up the pace of digital transformation, with 72 per cent of CEOs in Singapore reporting that their new digital business model... |
| 11.05.2023 | Billionaire Wee Cho Yaw’s UOB To Tap Southeast Asia’s Growth With Expanded Regional Franchise | Wee Ee Cheong, chief executive officer of United Overseas Bank Ltd. (UOB), attends a news conference ... [+] in Singapore on February 22, 2019.Ore Huiying/Bloomberg |
| 05.01.2023 | Indonesia Expected to be South East Asia’s Biggest BNPL Market by 2025 | BNPL has become a popular payment option in Indonesia due to its convenience and flexibility. With relatively low financial inclusion and even lower credit card penetration, BNPL offers the Indonesian public an alternative to pay a lower up... |
| 24.11.2022 | Vietnam’s VC Market Matures as Investments Reach Record Highs | 2021 was a record year for venture capital (VC) investments in Vietnam, driven by a maturing technology startup ecosystem, an increasing number of later stage investments, and rising participation from both local and foreign investors eager... |
| 23.11.2022 | Singapore Dominates Nearly Half of All Fintech Funding in ASEAN | Results from the UOB study were shared in the latest Fintech in ASEAN report, an annual report by UOB, PwC Singapore and the Singapore Fintech Association, which looks at the state of fintech in Southeast Asia and venture capital (VC) activ... |
| 18.11.2022 | Finding the Light at the End of the Fintech Layoffs Tunnel | Fintech firms in ASEAN are not unaffected by the employment cuts hitting the headlines this year. Compared to 2021, when the industry was flushed with record funding and mass hiring, 2022 completely flipped the script and ended with belts t... |
| 04.11.2022 | The Uptake | Cloud kitchens: best of both worlds | Hi, it’s Edmund.
The concept of cloud kitchens has been around for some time now. We’re talking about high-tech food production facilities without customer-facing operations.
But over the past few years, this space has gained traction, espe... |
| 02.11.2022 | UOB and Personetics Launch AI-Driven Automated Savings Feature | United Overseas Bank (UOB), in partnership with Personetics, announced the launch of Auto-Save, on the TMRW mobile banking app in Indonesia today at the Singapore Fintech Festival 2022.
Powered by Personetics’ Artificial Intelligence (AI) a... |
| 30.10.2022 | Billionaire Wee Cho Yaw’s UOB Profit Jumps As Bank Poised To Takeover Citibank Franchise In Southeast Asia | Wee Ee Cheong, chief executive officer of United Overseas Bank Ltd. (UOB), attends a news conference ... [+] in Singapore, on Friday, Feb. 22, 2019. Photographer: Ore Huiying/Bloomberg© 2019 Bloomberg Finance LP |
| 18.10.2022 | ESG Makes Inroads into Asia; Investors’ Appetite is on the Rise | In Asia, environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues are becoming an increasingly important topic for the financial sector. Financial institutions across the region are starting to understand their role in carbon emissions with some n... |
| 29.09.2022 | Top 10 Most Well-Funded Fintechs in Indonesia in 2022 | Indonesia, Southeast Asia’s largest economy, has emerged over the past couple of years as one of the region’s biggest fintech hubs.
Home to 785 fintech companies, as of late 2021, Indonesia is currently Southeast Asia’s second largest finte... |
| 23.05.2022 | UOB backs Singapore private exchange’s $58m pre-series B | FintechInvestmentsNewsStartups
Xavier Kong · 24 May 2022 · 1 min readUOB backs Singapore private exchange’s $58m pre-series B
Singapore private market exchange ADDX has raised US$58 million in a pre-series B funding round, bringing in UOB a... |
| 06.04.2022 | Top 5 Most Well-Funded Fintech Startups from Singapore | With 1,350 fintech companies as of October 2021, Singapore is Southeast Asia’s fintech powerhouse, and a major fundraising and operational hub for fintech companies operating across the region.
In 2021, Singapore-based fintech firms continu... |
| 14.03.2022 | Blockchain is big in Indonesia, but Tokocrypto wants to make it bigger | BlockchainNewsStartupsTIA Partnership
Samantha Cheh · 14 Mar 2022 · 5 min readBlockchain is big in Indonesia, but Tokocrypto wants to make it bigger
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Cryptocurrency is on the rise in Indonesia. In 2021, crypto trading in ... |
| 08.02.2022 | Billionaire Wee Cho Yaw’s UOB Rises To Record High Amid Optimism Over `Game-Changing’ Citibank Deal | Wee Ee Cheong, chief executive officer of United Overseas Bank (UOB), attends a news conference in ... [+] Singapore, on February 22, 2019. Ore Huiying/Bloomberg |
| 27.01.2022 | United Overseas Bank : More than $700,000 raised for charity through UOB's annual Lunar New Year event with its clients | 27 January 2022
(From left) Mr Lim Han Weng, Chairman, Yinson Holdings Berhad; Mr Albert Phuay, Chairman and Group CEO, Excelpoint Technology Ltd; Mr Wee Ee Cheong, Deputy Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, UOB; Mr Neo Kah Kiat, Chairman... |
| 25.01.2022 | United Overseas Bank : UOB deepens its commitment to China with RMB2 billion capital injection | 25 January 2022
UOB announced today it has completed a capital injection of RMB2 billion to its subsidiary in China. With the new capital, UOB China plans to invest in strengthening its capabilities, so as to deepen its support of clients i... |
| 22.12.2021 | Fintech in Singapore: 2021 in Review | In 2021, Singapore continued to pursue its ambition to become a world leader in fintech innovation, multiplying initiatives to foster green fintech, explore opportunities related on central bank digital currency (CBDC), and lay the foundati... |
| 15.12.2021 | United Overseas Bank : UOB Asset Management and NTUC Income team up to offer companies greater accessibility to online investing | 15 December 2021
Mr Thio Boon Kiat (left), Chief Executive Officer, UOB Asset Management and Mr Andrew Yeo, Chief Executive Officer, NTUC Income, enter a collaboration to enhance the accessibility of online corporate investing services.
UOB... |
| 11.12.2021 | United Overseas Bank : TMRW by UOB launches TMRW Pay, an e-commerce loan to help consumers in Indonesia manage budgeting needs | 11 December 2021
TMRW by UOB today announced the launch of TMRW Pay, an e-commerce loan that enables consumers in Indonesia to manage their budgeting needs conveniently. TMRW Pay offers consumers in Indonesia the choice of deferred payment ... |
| 09.12.2021 | United Overseas Bank : UOB distributes more than 2,700 laptops to disadvantaged students in Singapore as part of UOB My Digital Space programme | 09 December 2021
Bank also joins Digital for Life movement, supported by the IMDA,
as key partnerto champion digital inclusion
Dominic, a 12-year-old student, received a new laptop through the
UOB My Digital Space that will help him in his ... |
| 26.11.2021 | United Overseas Bank : Artwork expressing serenity in isolation wins 2021 UOB Southeast Asian Painting of the Year | 26 November 2021
Bank marks 40th UOB POY Anniversary with a range of commemorative initiatives, including the launch of the UOB Digital Art Grant and a new iconic awards trophy
First row centre: President Halimah Yacob and Mr Wee Ee Cheong,... |
| 26.11.2021 | United Overseas Bank : UOB and HSBC act as green loan coordinators on club loan facilities of HK$1.85 billion for Gaw Capital-led consortium | 26 November 2021
UOB and HSBC acted as green loan coordinators on club loan facilities of HK$1.85 billion to a Gaw Capital Partners-led consortium ("the Consortium"). These facilities comprise a US$110 million (HK$853 million) off... |
| 24.11.2021 | United Overseas Bank : UOB Asset Management Brunei raises public's sustainability awareness in collaboration with UBD School of Business and Economics | 24 November 2021
Mr Victor Wong, Head of Sustainability Office at UOB Asset Management (top row, centre), speaking about the rising importance of environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations at the 'Sustainability - the Key to ... |
| 11.11.2021 | FinTech funding in ASEAN more than tripled to a record high of US$3.5 billion in 2021 from 2020: UOB, PwC Singapore and SFA report | 10 November 2021
Driven by a surge in mega rounds with 10 out of 13 deals attracting at least US$100 million in funding for late-stage FinTech firms
Financial technology (FinTech) funding in ASEAN rebounded strongly in 2021, up more than th... |
| 09.11.2021 | UOB leads consortium of banks in collaboration with SGTraDex to set the standards for the digitalisation of green trade finance | 09 November 2021
Consortium of banks driving industry efforts includes DBS, OCBC Bank, Standard Chartered and UOB
Initiative aims to enable effective, data-driven decision-making for clear and consistent
green trade financing standards acro... |
| 08.11.2021 | UOB to offer personalised carbon insights to retail banking customers across ASEAN as it powers innovation for a sustainable future | Carbon Insights feature is UOB TMRW's latest advance as part of the Bank's engagement and hyper-personalised strategy
SINGAPORE, Nov. 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- UOB today announced that its retail banking customers across ASEAN will be able to... |
| 05.11.2021 | UOB strengthens its multi-generation workforce strategy with gig opportunities for retirees | 05 November 2021
Bank hosts its annual #Better Future of Work Festival as part of ongoing workforce transformation
UOB today announced that it will strengthen its multi-generation workforce strategy with the launch of a gig employment model... |
| 05.11.2021 | CFO Slides | UOB Group
Financial Updates
Lee Wai Fai
Group Chief Financial Officer
For the Nine Months / Third Quarter Ended 30 September 2021
Private and Confidential. Disclaimer: This material that follows is a presentation of general background infor... |
| 28.10.2021 | UOB joins forces with Fave to upend the traditional rewards and loyalty programme status quo | 27 October 2021
The UOB Rewards+ programme makes rewarding customers simpler, transparent and more engaging
UOB have taken aim at disrupting the traditional banking rewards experience with the launch of UOB Rewards+, an initiative which als... |
| 25.10.2021 | United Overseas Bank : UOB Asset Management launches first Singapore-focused ESG fund to help investors contribute to the nation's sustainability drive | 25 October 2021
UOB Asset Management (UOBAM) has launched the United Smart Sustainable Singapore Bond Fund (Fund), the first Singapore-focused fund aimed at helping individual and institutional investors contribute to the nation's sustainab... |
| 18.10.2021 | United Overseas Bank : SIPAC, UOB China and UOB Kay Hian sign a Memorandum of Understanding to foster cross-border investment, financing and trade collaborations | 18 October 2021
Suzhou Industrial Park Administrative Committee (SIPAC), UOB (China) Limited (UOB China) and UOB Kay Hian Pte Ltd. (UOB Kay Hian) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) at the China-Singapore Investment Forum. Unde... |
| 15.10.2021 | UOB Launches Financing Platform to Drive Energy Efficiency for Buildings, Home Owners | UOB has launched U-Energy, an integrated financing platform to drive the development and adoption of energy efficiency projects for buildings and homes across four markets, starting in Singapore.
The bank said that this first of its kind fi... |
| 07.10.2021 | United Overseas Bank : UOB keeps the good going by raising record $1.86 million for charities through the 2021 UOB Global Heartbeat Virtual Run/Walk | 07 October 2021
Colleagues and their families clock almost 80,000 active hours, raising funds to forge a sustainable future with the disadvantaged
Mr Wee Ee Cheong, UOB's Deputy Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (centre), and UOB senior ... |
| 04.10.2021 | UOB's pandemic response to help ASEAN SMEs on the road to recovery and growth sees it named the World's Best Bank for SMEs by Euromoney | SINGAPORE, Oct. 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- UOB has been named the World's Best Bank for SMEs at the Euromoney Global Awards for Excellence 2021 based on its deep regional connectivity, expertise and continued support of SMEs to enable post-pan... |
| 04.10.2021 | Why Singapore Remains One of the Best Place to Start a Fintech Business | Singapore has consistently ranked amongst the top locations in the world to start a business, recognized by the global community for its competitive corporate tax rate, skilled workforce, advanced infrastructure, and political stability.
Fo... |
| 04.10.2021 | United Overseas Bank : UOB's pandemic response to help ASEAN SMEs on the road to recovery and growth sees it named the World's Best Bank for SMEs by Euromoney | 04 October 2021
UOB has been named the World's Best Bank for SMEs at the Euromoney Global Awards for Excellence 2021 based on its deep regional connectivity, expertise and continued support of SMEs to enable post-pandemic recovery and growt... |
| 21.09.2021 | United Overseas Bank : UOB gives Mid-Autumn Festival mooncakes in deep gratitude to those keeping Singapore's offices and estates clean | 20 September 2021
Mr Wee Ee Cheong, Deputy Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, UOB, presenting mooncakes to Ms Wang Baoli, one of the cleaning staff at the Bank.
UOB today distributed more than 1,600 boxes of mooncakes to cleaners in appr... |
| 07.09.2021 | United Overseas Bank : UOB Indonesia Annual Report 2020 | PT Bank UOB Indonesia
Annual Report 2020
Forging a Sustainable Future
United We Stand
He Shu
About This Report
PT Bank UOB Indonesia (UOB Indonesia) has been committed to creating long-term value for our customers, our colleagues and the co... |
| 26.07.2021 | UOB Offers SMEs Access to Xero’s Cloud-Based Accounting Platform in Digital Push | Xero, a cloud-based accounting software for small businesses, announced that it has expanded its collaboration with UOB to offer small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that qualify for the UOB Start Digital pack free access to its platf... |
| 26.07.2021 | Xero, a Cloud Accounting Software Solution for SMEs, Extends Partnership with UOB to Better Serve Small Businesses | Xero, a Cloud-powered accounting software application for SMBs, reveals that it has expanded its existing collaboration with UOB (SGX: U11) in order to provide companies with free access to the UOB Start Digital (for those that qualify). Th... |
| 13.07.2021 | United Overseas Bank : UOB Asset Management sees surge in online corporate investing as companies, especially SMEs, reap benefits of digitalisation | 12 July 2021
Growth in UOBAM Invest corporate users, transactions and AUM reflects increasing demand for sharper digital investment solutions
UOB Asset Management Ltd (UOBAM) is seeing a surge in online corporate investing, with the number ... |
| 08.07.2021 | Singapore’s Incumbent Banks: How Are They Stepping Up Their Digital Game? | In December 2020, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced four successful digital bank applications. Out of 14 eligible applicants, the four successful entities – a consortium comprising Singapore Telecommunications Ltd (Singtel... |
| 17.06.2021 | United Overseas Bank : UOB charges ahead on its ambition to serve the next generation of consumers in ASEAN | 17 June 2021
The UOB EVOL Card (formerly known as UOB YOLO) aims to serve one in two Gen Z consumers in Singapore over the next three years
In anticipation of the increased spending power of Generation Z consumers (Gen Zs)1 as they enter th... |
| 26.11.2020 | Fintech Thailand Startup Map 2020 Showcases Growing Industry | Over the past years, the Thai fintech ecosystem has grown steadily, now boasting some 96 startups, according to Fintech News’ latest Fintech Thailand Startup Map draft.
The map showcases the domestic fintech startup ecosystem which includes... |
| 10.01.2020 | A Review of Vietnam’s Fintech Industry in 2019 | As of September 30, Vietnam ranked second in ASEAN in terms of fintech funding, attracting 36% of the region’s fintech investment in 2019, second only to Singapore (51%), according to a joint report by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC), United O... |
| 25.11.2019 | Anti-money laundering software startup TookiTaki raises $11.7 million in additional Series A funding | TookiTaki, a startup that develops machine learning-based financial compliance software, announced today it has raised a $11.7 million in additional Series A funding, led by Viola Fintech and SIG Asia Investment, with participation from Nor... |
| 13.11.2019 | Singapore Accounts for over 50% of Fintech Funding in ASEAN | Funding into ASEAN has grown more than 30 times since 2014, reaching a new high of US$1.14 billion as at end September 2019, according to a recent report published by UOB. The growth in fintech continues unabated, as more investors and fint... |
| 18.04.2018 | UOB Setting up Fintech JV to Tackle SEA Unbanked Market | United Overseas Bank (UOB) is setting up a fintech joint venture Avatec with China’s Pintec to serve the unbanked population across the region.
UOB will hold a 60 percent stake in the JV and Pintec the rest.
The new entity’s goal is to assi... |
| 21.02.2018 | ASEAN Small And Medium Enterprises To Invest More In Technology To Boost Business Performance | Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Singapore and the ASEAN region see the need to invest more in technology in order to succeed under increasingly challenging conditions.
These are the findings of the ASEAN SME Transformation Study by U... |
| 01.12.2017 | Top Charts and Tables from UOB State of Fintech in ASEAN Report | The financial services industry in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region has seen an increase in fintech adoption fueled by the rapid adoption of technology, supportive regulatory regimes and the large population of fina... |
| 22.11.2017 | Singapore’s Finance Disruptors | Singapore is a hotbed for fintech innovation. The establishment of world-class fintech hubs like 80RR, the support from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), and the city’s developed financial infrastructure, have offered the right env... |
| 18.04.2016 | UOB Venture Management sets up Sino-Singapore PE fund with PingAn, others | Premium
A unit of Singapore’s UOB Venture Management Monday said it had reached a deal with three Chinese companies to set up and manage a Sino-Singapore private equity fund.
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| - | Dow pops more than 170 points to notch sixth positive day and longest win streak in 2024: Live updates | The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed on Wednesday, extending its winning streak to six days, as investors shook off some weakness in tech.
The Dow added 0.44%, or 172.13 points, to close at 39,056.39. The 30-stock index notched its long... |
| - | Singapore’s UOB expects ‘some upside’ to interest income after Fed rate hike | UOB Q2 core net profit jumped 35% to 1.5 billion Singapore dollars from a year ago
UOB Q2 net interest income for the quarter grew 31% from a year ago
Loans will be repriced, UOB will be able to manage our cost of funding a lot stronger mai... |
| - | Japan stocks lead losses in Asia-Pacific markets as investors parse through earnings | This is CNBC’s live blog covering Asia-Pacific markets.
Japan stocks led declines in Asia-Pacific markets on Wednesday, as investors parsed through earnings from the region, including reports from Japanese giants Toyota Motor and Mitsubishi... |
