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DBS, Heritas Capital Raises Over US$20 Million for First Close of Asia Impact First Fund
DBS and Singapore-based investment company Heritas Capital announced the first close of the Asia Impact First Fund (AIFF) with over US$20 million raised to support innovative and high-growth social enterprises in the region. The fund was led by anchor investor
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DBS, OCBC and UOB Carve Out a Place on the Sustainability Perceptions Index
DBS Group, Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation (OCBC) and United Overseas Bank (UOB) were the three Singapore banks that managed to snag a place on the Brand Finance Sustainability Perceptions Index. The study, which was released in association with the International Advertising
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DBS Digital Exchange Doubled Customer Base With 80% Surge in Bitcoin Trading
The DBS Digital Exchange (DDEx) reported that its Bitcoin (BTC) trading volume had grown by 80% in 2022 despite the ongoing crypto winter. DDEx had also doubled its customer base in 2022 with close to 1,200 participants registered on the
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DBS Undergoes Shake Up With Several Management Role Swaps
DBS Bank has made several senior-level rotations that will take effect on 1 April 2023 following the retirement of Sim S. Lim, Group Head of Consumer Banking (CBG)/ Wealth Management. He will continue to stay on as a senior advisor.
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DBS Releases Season 3 Sparks Web Series Featuring the Life of Bankers
DBS Bank has launched the Season 3 of its critically acclaimed web series Sparks which showcases what it is like to work at the bank. The bank said in a statement that the web series showcases how DBS is a
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Harvard Business School Publishes Case Study on DBS’ Digital Transformation
Harvard Business School (HBS) has published a case study focused on DBS Bank‘s digital transformation journey which was put together over a span of 15 months. The DBS case study is being taught in HBS’ Master of Business Administration (MBA)
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DBS: Singapore Leads the Pack in Digitalising Customer Experience
There is widespread enthusiasm among companies to digitalise customer experience and engagement but they faced significant challenges in achieving success, according to a search by DBS. The research revealed that 64% of businesses globally carried out a structured approach to
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DBS Completes Intraday Repo Transaction on J.P. Morgan’s Blockchain-Based Network
DBS announced that it had become the first bank in Asia to complete an intraday repurchase transaction on J.P. Morgan’s blockchain based network, Onyx Digital Assets. The network supports instant settlements and maturity of the transactions within hours instead of the
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Top 10 Highlights from Last Week’s Singapore Fintech Festival
The seventh edition of the Singapore Fintech Festival (SFF), one of the world’s largest annual fintech events, kicked off on October 31, 2022 as an in-person event at the Singapore Expo. This year’s event, themed “Building Resilient Business Models amid
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Google Cloud Establishes Advisory Board for Its Point Carbon Zero Programme
Google Cloud has announced three key updates under the Point Carbon Zero Programme in today’s Singapore Fintech Festival 2022. Jointly launched with the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) in July, the programme aims to catalyse the incubation and adoption of
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