Ranamita Chakraborty
Ranamita is a Singapore-based reporter with over five years of experience in journalism, content writing and public relations. She holds a Master's degree in International Relations from RSIS, NTU Singapore and a Bachelor of Communication degree from Murdoch University, Australia.
Articles by Ranamita Chakraborty
Capital / Liquidity
Kiwibank is Best Placed to Disrupt NZ Banking Oligopoly
25/03/2024
New Zealand’s Commerce Commission says Kiwibank is the best placed among the non-big-four banks to be a “disruptive competitor”.
AML / KYC
Malaysia Sees 5x Increase in Online Financial Scam Reports
22/03/2024
BNM is working with the financial sector and law enforcement on improving fund tracing, disrupting fraudulent fund flows, and raising awareness.
Securities / Derivatives
SGX Announces New Listing Under Shanghai ETF Link
21/03/2024
The listing strengthens the collaboration between SGX and SSE, expanding their ETF product link to three offerings in total.
ESG / Sustainability
ACMF Progresses Work on Sustainable Capital Markets Roadmap
20/03/2024
About 90% of the Roadmap will be complete within this year. A key achievement has been the development of Version 2 of the ASEAN Taxonomy for Sustainable Finance.
Crypto / Digital Assets
Grab Introduces Crypto Payments for Singapore Customers
20/03/2024
Grab’s new partnership with payments provider Triple-A allows it to offer wallet top-up option using Bitcoin, Ether, XSGD, USDC, and USDT.
ESG / Sustainability
Charting a New Course for Climate Risk Management
20/03/2024
The BCBS’ proposed Pillar 3 disclosure framework for climate-related financial risks highlights the need for broader consensus on such issues.
Securities / Derivatives
Bursa Malaysia Launches New Soybean Oil Futures Contract
19/03/2024
Bursa Malaysia is the first exchange outside of China licensed to use commodity futures settlement prices from the Dalian Commodity Exchange.
ESG / Sustainability
UNDP, MAS, GLEIF Launch Whitepaper on Project Savannah
18/03/2024
The whitepaper details Project Savannah’s goals and strategy for empowering MSMEs in sustainability reporting through three key pillars.
ESG / Sustainability
Net-Zero Banking Alliance Issues Revised Guidelines
15/03/2024
The revised guidelines require NZBA members to set climate targets for their capital markets activities for the first time.
Crypto / Digital Assets
Crypto Major OKX Wins In-principle Approval in Singapore
14/03/2024
OKX will focus on spot products first while it works to bring local banking connections to customers “as soon as possible”.
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