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BT SUPPLEMENT: The Singapore FinTech Festival starts today and runs till Friday. Find out what's in store for this year's event and follow all our coverage here: bt.sg/sffxswitch2020 #SGFinTechFest

Broker's take: RHB raises ComfortDelGro target price on less competitive taxi industry The potential merger between Grab and Gojek, if confirmed, should reduce the competitive intensity in Singapore's taxi and private-hi…

Hot stocks: Singtel, Sea jump after digital-bank win; iFast, Razer sink Shares of iFast, whose application for a digital wholesale bank licence fell through, lost nearly 29 per cent in Monday. In contrast, New York-liste…

A year of highs and lows: Jigger & Pony Group founders Indra Kantono and Gan Guoyi When chronicling their months-long struggle to keep their five bars and restaurants from going under, the husband-and-wife team bandies a…

DINING OUT: A meaty affair at Gemma Beppe De Vito's new eatery puts the spotlight on steak. #BTLifestyle bt.sg/4R7x

The Raffles Conversation: Window of opportunity Faced with tougher challenges in a post-Covid world, firms must get cracking now, says Renee McGowan, CEO Asia of Mercer. What they do in the next 12 months will define the…

DESIGN: All dressed up Every corner of this former beauty queen’s home has a luxurious festive look. #BTLifestyle bt.sg/4R7N

A time for reinvention: As 2020 comes to a close, Singapore personalities reflect on this challenging year and how it’s changed their outlook on life. #BTLuxe #BTLifestyle bt.sg/4R7p

#BRUNCH: Home sweet home-based businesses Spurred by the pandemic, many micro-entrepreneurs have taken their small and informal businesses onto the Internet, facilitated by the ease of social media platforms and online c…

PODCAST: We speak with MAS managing director Ravi Menon in a wide-ranging interview ahead of the SG FinTech Festival (Dec 7-11). In this third episode, BT's banking and finance editor Jamie Lee talks to Mr Menon about ho…

Ant, Greenland-linked consortium win digital wholesale bank licences bt.sg/4RXA

Grab-Singtel, Sea selected for digital full bank licences bt.sg/4RXd

SPECIAL FEATURE: Christmas getaway at Mandarin Orchard Singapore Soak in the festivities with a deluxe staycation in the heart of Orchard Road #BTLifestyle bt.sg/4R7q

Dec 4 morning round-up: 1. Covid-19 prompts spurt in new, small businesses like no other crisis bt.sg/4RhD 2. News analysis: Covid-19 makes uneasy bedfellows of Grab and Gojek bt.sg/4Rhz 3. 'Calibrated' GLS, falling cond…

PODCAST: In this second episode, BT's banking and finance editor Jamie Lee talks to MAS MD Ravi Menon about how financial technology unexpectedly grew in demand and provided new jobs amid a pandemic. #btpodcasts #SGFinTe…

Dec 3 morning round-up: 1. HDB 'lottery' conundrum: analysts weigh in on ways to mitigate it bt.sg/4RmV 2. BT Exclusive: MAS nudges financial firms on local high-tech skills transfers bt.sg/4Rmj 3. It's a bumpy road for…

DBS and Standard Chartered make further cuts to deposit account rates The interest rate for StanChart's popular Jumpstart savings account will be lowered to 0.4 per cent per annum for the first S$20,000 - down from the p…

Broker's take: CGS-CIMB downgrades Jardine Matheson to 'hold' The group's performance is expected to remain weak in Q4, due to the impact of Covid-19 and reduced government support. JMH's key earnings contributors are Ho…

Dec 2 morning round-up: 1. Companies' leverage risk worsens as earnings fall and debt rises bt.sg/4RQH 2. Retail landlords must reinvent the shopping mall to thrive in new normal bt.sg/4RQR 3. Vaccines key to re-igniting…