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Singapore’s financial sector grew 4.3% in 2025, created 4,200 jobs annually over five years

Growth in the financial sector was broad-based across segments, including banking, insurance, asset management, foreign exchange, fixed income and sustainable finance.

askST Jobs: Is AI rejecting my job applications even before a human sees them?

AI tools trained on a company’s past hiring data may reinforce existing biases.

Singapore’s core inflation edges up to 1.6% in June, slightly lower than forecasts

Singapore’s core inflation came in at 1.6 per cent in June, up from 1.4 per cent in May.

Crypto exchange Coinbase opens new office in Singapore, will expand hiring

(From left) Coinbase country director for Singapore Hassan Ahmed, chief fintech officer at MAS Kenneth Gay, Coinbase managing director for Asia-Pacific John O’Loghlen, VP of Digital Industry Singapore at Economic Development Board Seah Yueh Chinn, Coinbase senior director of engineering David Ko at the opening of Coinbase’s Singapore office.

‘Online shopping is not for us’: Shoppers lament Metro’s planned Paragon, Causeway Point exit

Footfall at Metro’s Causeway Point outlet and the rest of the mall was light on July 21.

askST Jobs: Do I need to pretend to work when I’m done? How to stop ‘task masking’

Pretending to look busy after finishing your work is often referred to as “productivity theatre”.

Don’t make yourself unhappy by comparing your finances with others’: ST InvestMe panel

(From left) ST senior business correspondent Angela Tan, SingCapital chief executive Alfred Chia, Connections MindHealth senior consultant psychiatrist and deputy medical director David Teo and ST Invest editor Tan Ooi Boon in an ST InvestMe panel discussion on July 18.

Downsides of strong Singdollar: Some S’pore firms’ earnings take a hit

The impact of a stronger Singapore dollar varies widely depending on a company’s business model.

askST Jobs: I was retrenched. Can my former company now enforce a non-compete clause?

Employees should not be asked to sign new non-compete clauses during the offboarding process, including as part of a retrenchment exercise.

S’pore banks hit record highs, DBS tops $70 for the first time

Analysts expect strong wealth management momentum and attractive dividend yields to continue underpinning bank share prices.

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