{"id":144433,"date":"2026-05-18T13:04:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T13:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/2026\/05\/18\/this-singapore-fintech-company-has-increased-its-dividend-by-56-heres-why\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T13:05:33","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T13:05:33","slug":"this-singapore-fintech-company-has-increased-its-dividend-by-56-heres-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/2026\/05\/18\/this-singapore-fintech-company-has-increased-its-dividend-by-56-heres-why\/","title":{"rendered":"This Singapore fintech company has increased its dividend by 56%. here&#8217;s why."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div>When a company increases its interim salary <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thesmartinvestor.com.sg\/get-smart-how-to-earn-s10000-in-dividends\/\">dividend<\/a> By 56.3%, it is worth noting. that&#8217;s exactly it<strong> iFast Corporation<\/strong> (SGX:AIY) raised its first interim payout for the first quarter of 2026 (1Q&#8217;26) to S$0.025 per share, up from S$0.016 a year ago. Even better, management reaffirmed its guidance for a full-year dividend of at least S$0.105 per share \u2013 which represents a minimum 25% increase on the S$0.084 paid in 2025. iFAST is a wealth management fintech that operates a global digital platform serving investors in Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia, China and the United Kingdom. The fintech business includes non-banking operations \u2013 including its business-to-consumer and business-to-business wealth management divisions and Hong Kong ePension business as well as its UK-based digital bank, iFast Global Bank (iGB). Here&#8217;s the thing: Dividend growth doesn&#8217;t happen in a vacuum. So, let&#8217;s find out what&#8217;s powering iFAST&#8217;s strong dividend outlook.<\/p>\n<p id=\"h-a-record-breaking-quarter\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>a record-breaking quarter<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The numbers speak for themselves. Net revenue for 1Q&#8217;26 increased 54.9% year over year&#8230;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async defer crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;version=v4.0\"><\/script><script async defer crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;version=v13.0\" nonce=\"3nfhalVK\"><\/script><script async defer crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;version=v13.0\" nonce=\"blyG8KXs\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When a company increases its interim salary dividend By 56.3%, it is worth noting. that&#8217;s exactly it iFast Corporation (SGX:AIY) raised its first interim payout for the first quarter of 2026 (1Q&#8217;26) to S$0.025 per share, up from S$0.016 a year ago. Even better, management reaffirmed its guidance for a full-year dividend of at least<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6422,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[790,1425,2403,1526,1294,2389],"class_list":["post-144433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-meditation","tag-company","tag-dividend","tag-fintech","tag-heres","tag-increased","tag-singapore"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144433"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144433\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":144435,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144433\/revisions\/144435"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}