Financial services platform GoBear lays off 22 staff, including 6 in Singapore

The 22 people retrenched represent about 11 per cent of GoBear's total workforce of 200 employees. PHOTO: GOBEAR SINGAPORE/FACEBOOK
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SINGAPORE - Financial services platform GoBear has laid off six employees from its Singapore office, as well as 16 other workers from outlets in Vietnam, the Philippines and Ukraine owing to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

Three of the six employees retrenched here were locals, it said on Tuesday (Sept 1). Four were axed in the Philippines, nine in Vietnam and three in Ukraine.

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