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Nov 28, 2024 | 
straitstimes.com | Prisca Ang
SINGAPORE – Fintech giant Revolut is offering new payment services to the corporate sector as it looks beyond its reputation as an app for travellers. The company is also setting its sights on catering to the sector’s cross-border needs.
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Nov 20, 2024 | 
straitstimes.com | Prisca Ang
SINGAPORE – Companies are rethinking their supply chains as the global economy becomes less connected – a process that will carry on despite the upcoming change of government in the US, said a senior banker. Mr Tan Teck Long, OCBC’s head of global wholesale banking, said businesses will likely continue diversifying their operations and beefing up logistics to guard against geopolitical uncertainties.
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Nov 18, 2024 | 
herworld.com | INDEPENDENCEAre Gen Zs |Prisca Ang
Former lawyer Lee Shulin’s pay fluctuated wildly over the years as she switched jobs in search of a career she could shine in. In her first job 14 years ago as a senior associate in a big law firm, she made an enviable $8,500 a month. That was cut by nearly half when she left the firm for the public sector in 2010, and it dipped even further when she switched to the recruitment industry, where her income depended a lot on commissions.
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Nov 9, 2024 | 
straitstimes.com | Prisca Ang
Finance executive Caesar Sengupta's investments underpin several commitments to non-profits here and overseas that will be in place for a number of years. ST PHOTO: LUTHER LAU Updated Nov 10, 2024, 05:00 AM Published Nov 10, 2024, 05:00 AM SINGAPORE – Finance executive Caesar Sengupta plans to donate most of his family’s wealth during his lifetime, a process that is already in motion.
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Nov 5, 2024 | 
herworld.com | INDEPENDENCEAre Gen Zs |Prisca Ang
Pay is a key consideration for millennials – as well as Gen Zs – but work-life balance and flexibility are almost as important as salaries. The bottom line: Young people are generally satisfied with their salaries and work-life balance. There were some differences, with Gen Z respondents more likely than millennials to be happy with their pay and work-life balance. The survey of 1,000 young people was commissioned by The Straits Times and carried out in May by market research firm Kantar.
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Nov 4, 2024 | 
straitstimes.com | Prisca Ang
Published Nov 05, 2024, 12:30 PM Boasting about being overworked could do more harm than good Hi, it’s Prisca here. Do you have a colleague who just won’t stop talking about how they’re drowning in a never-ending pile of work? It’s safe to say most of us have been there. Or perhaps we are that annoying co-worker. I’ve certainly been guilty of venting about work, but I learned from my colleague Sharon Salim that there’s a difference between venting and “stress bragging”.
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Nov 3, 2024 | 
herworld.com | INDEPENDENCEAre Gen Zs |Prisca Ang
Pay is a key consideration for millennials – as well as Gen Zs – but work-life balance and flexibility are almost as important as salaries. The bottom line: Young people are generally satisfied with their salaries and work-life balance. There were some differences, with Gen Z respondents more likely than millennials to be happy with their pay and work-life balance. The survey of 1,000 young people was commissioned by The Straits Times and carried out in May by market research firm Kantar.
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Oct 31, 2024 | 
straitstimes.com | Prisca Ang
(From left) HSBC intern Aziz Ong and OCBC Bank interns Sia Yong Xing and Muhammad Ashridz Nasri. ST PHOTOS: GAVIN FOO, NG SOR LUAN Updated Nov 01, 2024, 05:00 AM Published Nov 01, 2024, 05:00 AM SINGAPORE – It is notoriously difficult to secure a job in the highly competitive financial sector – or so Mr Aziz Ong thought until an opening at a bank changed his perspective.
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Oct 12, 2024 | 
straitstimes.com | Prisca Ang
SINGAPORE – Fintech executive Alice Liu adopted a better-safe-than-sorry stance to investing in her younger days but that approach has given way to a higher risk appetite these days. Ms Liu started developing her investing acumen when she was just a teenager, focusing on low-risk investments that provided stable returns while helping to build her confidence as she navigated financial markets.
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Oct 12, 2024 | 
straitstimes.com | Prisca Ang
Even affluent individuals are not spared the effects of money dysmorphia. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION: PIXABAY Updated Oct 13, 2024, 05:02 AM Published Oct 13, 2024, 05:00 AM SINGAPORE – I’ve never considered myself a worrywart, but in recent months I have been unable to shake off the fear that I simply do not have enough in my bank account.
