DBS Bank - News, Articles & Research

DBS launches inhouse tech academy

Singapore's DBS has launched an in-house digital training institute to keep its close to 5,000-strong technology workforce updated with skills for the future.

07 January 2021

Company announcement/wealth

DBS to set up digital exchange for institutional investors

DBS today announced that it will set up a digital exchange, enabling Institutional Investors and Accredited Investors to tap into a fully integrated tokenisation, trading and custody ecosystem for digital assets.

10 December 2020

Company announcement/wholesale

DBS launches digital banking service for SMEs

With the unprecedented challenges facing SMEs, which account for more than 98% of Hong Kong’s businesses, DBS Hong Kong is supporting SMEs with the digital tools needed to build operational resilience.

09 December 2020

Company announcement

DBS is first bank to partner JD Logistics on digital platform to finance SMEs

DBS today announced it is the first bank to partner with JD Logistics (JDL)[1], the supply chain and logistics business group of JD.com, to provide supply chain financing to Hong Kong-based small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the fast growing cross-border e-commerce import business.

24 November 2020

News/people

DBS reimagines the future of work

Singapore's DBS Bank is preparing its workplace for a post-Covid world, moving to a hybrid remote/office model and doubling down on its efforts to train employees in emerging areas such as design thinking, data and analytics, artificial intelligence, machine learning and agile practices.

17 November 2020

Company announcement/retail

DBS rolls out branch transformation project

DBS announced today it is scaling up the transformation of its branches across Singapore as customers seek quicker, socially-distanced, and more personalised branch banking services, and shift their banking to digital platforms amid Covid-19.

13 November 2020

Company announcement

DBS and DSTP join forces on digital trade

Supported by a series of measures taken by the government to resolutely follow the path of trade globalisation and to open its market to the world, the 3rd China International Import Expo held in 2020 in Shanghai attracted more than 400,000 exhibitors and buyers from home and abroad, despite the ongoing global pandemic.

13 November 2020

News/devops

How one bank’s tech team is teaching ‘on-the-fly’ data

Following her virtual session, ‘Democratising data-driven decisions with self-service tools’ at the Apidays conference, Yojas Samarth, senior data engineer, tech speaker and tech trainer at DBS Bank, speaks to Finextra Research regarding the nuance of training teams to effectively utilise data platforms.

10 November 2020

Company announcement/payments

DBS taps Swift gpi to launch real-time online tracking of cross-border collections and payments

DBS Bank is the first bank in Asia to launch real-time online tracking of cross-border collections to provide greater digital convenience to its corporate clients.

21 October 2020

News/people

DBS to host virtual career fair for female technology talent

DBS is running its first women-only virtual career fair to fill over 50 technology jobs in Singapore.

13 October 2020

News/payments

Standard Chartered and DBS to set up blockchain-based Trade Finance Registry

Standard Chartered and DBS, with the support of 12 other banks, have kicked off a project that will use a blockchain network to register trade finance transactions.

06 October 2020

Company announcement/wholesale

DBS teams up with AntChain for trade finance platform

DBS Bank today announced that it is the first Asian bank partner on AntChain’s newly-launched blockchain trade platform, Trusple, which aims to democratise access to digital trade services to corporates of all sizes.

25 September 2020