A study on B2B cross-border payments by Rapyd has revealed that nearly 1 in 2 businesses in Singapore expressed a strong need for innovative fintech solutions to tackle business concerns. Despite the accelerated adoption of digital payments across businesses and consumers in recent years, there is a consensus among local businesses that fintech...
Singapore’s Budget 2021 was delivered by Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat on 16 February. Coming after a challenging year where COVID-19 has created major upheavals worldwide, the budget indicates a shift in government measures from “containment to restructuring, while continuing our support for Singaporeans, workers, and businesses.” Stressing the...
IBM has launched its report 'Leadership in the Age of AI.' Based on a survey of 1,600+ senior leaders and C-Suite executives across the UK, France, Spain, Germany, Italy and Sweden, the report explores how leadership is transforming as the region's businesses embrace generative AI. The rise of generative AI in 2023 has been nothing short of remarkable....
eFreshMe started during the pandemic with a diverse product range that addressed the pressing issues of the time, as well as personal care items. As the pandemic subsided, the company adroitly recognised the shifts in consumer demand, and strategically focused their offering on beauty and skincare. Their mission involves harnessing...
As Singapore gradually emerges from the circuit breaker measures implemented to curb the spread of COVID-19, many businesses are looking forward to resuming operations. However, things will not return exactly to how they were before. These two months in an unprecedented situation in Singapore have changed the mindsets of many...
HEPMIL Media Group is a Singapore-based content creator and creative agency that owns and operate some of the region's popular digital channels, including SGAG, MGAG, and PGAG. Having successfully scaled regionally, they are seeking to expand their global footprint. These successes have not come without their challenges. As Mushi Luke,...
Workers in Asia Pacific are facing increased burnout due to lack of separation between work and personal life as well as worry of contracting COVID-19, according to Microsoft's latest Work Trend Index report, focussing on employee wellbeing. On average, close to one third of workers in Asia Pacific cited increased rates of...
The volatile nature of US tariff policy and the tensions it engenders have created a challenging global economic environment. Yet despite these tensions Taiwan’s AI exports have surged, with orders up more than 19% year-on-year as of August 2025. This comes even after a recent tariff tariff hike to...
While large corporations have the resources to engage enterprise level solutions, and small teams may find that free tools suffice, mid-level companies often find themselves caught in-between. In the second part of our interview with Dharmesh Shah, SMEhorizon discusses how such mid-level companies can also benefit from content creation...
The KPMG 2022 CEO Outlook, which asked more than 1,300 CEOs at the world's largest businesses about their strategies and outlook, reveals that their confidence in the growth prospects of the global economy over the next three years has rebounded from February this year, rising 11 percentage points to 71...