SBI allows Bhim-based real-time payment with Singapore

SBI allows Bhim-based real-time payment with Singapore

[ad_1] Mumbai: A day after a real-time payments system linkage was established between India and Singapore using the UPI platform, State Bank of India on Wednesday announced a partnership with PayNow, the online payment system of the city state, for cross-border payments. The facility is offered through SBI’s Bhim SBIPay mobile application and the linkage … Read more

Singapore residents can now transfer money to India through UPI

Singapore residents can now transfer money to India through UPI

[ad_1] Singapore residents can now transfer money to India through the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) starting today. This move is expected to ease the money transfer process for Singaporean residents who have family and friends in India. The UPI is a real-time payment system developed by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) that allows … Read more

Indian charged for allegedly assaulting security officer in Singapore

Indian charged for allegedly assaulting security officer in Singapore

[ad_1] Representative Image Singapore: An Indian man has been charged in Singapore for allegedly hitting, grabbing and pushing a security officer, and may face a jail-term of five years and fined up to S$10,000. Ajitpal Singh, 45, was charged on Friday with an offence under the Private Security Industry Act for allegedly assaulting Afinde Mohamad … Read more

Britain’s semiconductor plan goes AWOL as US and EU splash billions

Britain’s semiconductor plan goes AWOL as US and EU splash billions

[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. LONDON — As nations around the world scramble to secure crucial semiconductor supply chains over fears about relations with China, the U.K. is falling behind. The COVID-19 pandemic exposed the world’s heavy reliance on Taiwan and China for the most advanced chips, which … Read more

Singapore tourism expects to bounce back to pre-Covid level by 2024

Singapore tourism expects to bounce back to pre-Covid level by 2024

[ad_1] Singapore: Driven by strong demands from key markets like India, Indonesia and Malaysia, the Singapore tourism sector recovered strongly in 2022 to exceed the Singapore Tourism Board’s (STB) original forecast of 4 to 6 million visitors last year. Last week, STB revealed that tourist arrivals to Singapore reached 6.3 million in 2022 led by … Read more