Some banks are rolling out new services and attractive mortgage packages to increase their market share in the private housing loan sector. Banks such as Standard Chartered has set up a service counter to offer loan evaluations at show flats. Said Dennis Khoo, general manager of Wealth Management Consumer Banking at Standard Chartered Bank: "I think it's even better prudence because before (a buyer) puts...
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Standard Chartered Bank is investing S$206m in a new office building in Changi Business Park in Singapore. The new building will house the bank's back-end operations and a global learning centre, and will be completed in 2010. This makes Standard Chartered the latest financial institution to relocate part of its operations to Changi. DBS, Citibank and Credit Suisse have made similar announcements. The...