DBS still more convenient if you stay in SG
Every nook and cranny u anyhow walk walk also will suddenly have a standalone DBS/POSB ATM one

All those Msian bank (MBB CIMB) need to work in CBD area to make it worthwhile. Else it will also incur time and cost to travel there just to withdraw money.

Forget about it. You need to be priority banking which means 6 figure of  money lock up in the bank. Not sure priority which side. Some "international banks" require to be priority both side. Unless ou have too much money to give banks to lock up for miserable rates you are better off with CIMB sg or Maybank sg.

Last month managed to open a Standard Chartered SG bank account. XtraSaver. But of course via the Priority way. Benefit about SC Priority is that your local Priority status is acknowledged/transferable worldwide. So MY = SG = HK = ID = PH = TH

Also managed to open Trading account too with 0.18% no minimum (Priority).

Easiest way of course would be still Maybank or CIMB. 

If you’re a priority holder, they won’t ask much as they have your details back in Malaysia.

If you’re not, say for investment purposes.

no inform at all. Jus unable to login the day after i gave up on setting up the cimb app. when they transfer me to the fraud dept, they asked if i used vpn and did i made several failed logins. that is all.
don think i will be worried for now. i only send money MY <-> SG, ibkr n some robo advisor. its jus that 1 time sohai CIMB app + forgotten to off my VPN. anyway, thanks for the heads up

I use VPN before. No issue. I don't think VPN will cause them to block you. Alternatively, use another computer without Vpn. Stuff which cause bank to flag an account usually are frequent transaction, abnormally large transaction, transaction use for crypto stuff.

I never activate any of my sg cards.

Sunway money. No one come close.

Only pay RM1.00 You can check yourself. I have checked myself using maybank, cimb, Hong leong, UOB, standard chartered, instarem, moneymatch, TransferWise. All cannot even match Sunway money.

I don't have HSBC bank account to check.

yo bro. Long time no see.

HSBC MY to Sunway Money should be via FPX, so should be free of charge (everything is done from the Sunway Money portal). The RM 1 is the explicit charge by Sunway Money (on top of their markup above FX rate). All-in cost for Sunway Money is around 38-40 basis points above mid-market rate for transfers of several thousand MYR. 10k MYR and above can fetch you 30-35 basis points FX markup sometimes.

after going down the rabbit hole, i can only recommend that you do your own research as the rates of each remittance service updates at different times, so e.g., competitor no. 2 will be cheaper than no. 1 at your preferred time

signup for (this is my preference order)

1) wise
2) money match
3) bigpay

and this below is less competitive but u might still wanna signup

4) sunway money
5) instarem

and finally, if u happen to go Midvalley money changers, and afterwards be in singapore to deposit paper money at banks, the theoretical (doable but very impractical) best is

0) midvalley money changers

REALLY .. DBS will charge for incoming foreign funds.

Just thinking here, man.... if you earn a lot of money outside, and say, you don't have kids outside, and not much plans to travel,... and say, no plans to relocate outside of Msia,... what then do you earn the money for if you don't bring it back to use ?

MasBoleh! Wise SGD cash transfer to HSBC SG - SGD cash balance is considered local transfer. all Wise cash are located at their origin country.

e.g., USD in USA, GBP in UK, EUR in SEPA

incoming foreign funds will kick in if transferring money to different country. in elea88's case, USD from USA enter DBS sg (USD in SG)