GoBear, an Asian financial supermarket, commissioned an online survey with over 4,000 respondents across four countries in Asia Pacific to better understand the financial health of people across the region. Specifically, the Singapore start-up wanted to identify common gaps around personal finance – from financial literacy, to...
United Overseas Bank (UOB) announced on 26 November its
collaboration with three homegrown solar companies, SolarGy, SolarPVExchange
and Sunseap Group, to accelerate the use of solar energy in Singapore.
The tie-up is part of the Bank’s U-Solar program which
connects the entire solar power value chain...
In the first edition of Xero Community, organised by accounting software company Xero, small and medium businesses in Singapore got together to decode the 2019 Budget. The Xero Community is a quarterly series of events to provide a platform for local SMEs to learn, connect and take...
Singapore has taken several measures to beef up cybersecurity after attacks in recent years.
A new multi-year roadmap is underway to identify next generation cyber-threats and develop the solutions and capabilities needed to secure Singapore’s connectivity infrastructure.
This was announced by...
Business owners of small to medium size enterprises (SMEs) can now purchase commercial insurance tailored to their business needs online with Etiqa Insurance Singapore. The digital insurer has recently launched the Business Owners Super Suite (BOSS), which allows business owners and Etiqa’s agents to get commercial insurance...
GBG has released its Asia Financial Institution Study, "Combatting Escalating Fraud in a Digital World". According to the TABInsights study commissioned by GBG, Asia's top financial institutions (FIs) continue to be challenged by the expanding threat landscape in the past few years as well as the tightening of...
Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Masatsugu Asakawa and Singapore Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Heng Swee Keat officially opened ADB’s new office in Singapore on 5 March 2020, deepening efforts to collaborate on some of the most pressing development challenges facing Asia and the Pacific....
Coupa Software, a global technology platform for Business Spend Management, announced on 10 June the results of a global study of more than 650 financial leaders. The survey, sponsored by Coupa found that the majority (87%) of respondents believe a recession is likely, with more than half (53%) expecting...
The Singapore Business Federation (SBF) SME Committee (SMEC) submitted its recommendations for the Singapore Budget 2021 to our Government on 30 November 2020.Budget 2021 RecommendationsFor Budget 2021, the SBF SMEC has put forth six key recommendations to help companies gain access to necessary resources, build resilience to...
OCBC Bank announced on 11 November 2019 their partnership
with Google to bring a refreshed Google Pay app to Singapore in January 2020.
The partnership will enable OCBC Bank customers to be the first in Singapore to
make account-to-account PayNow fund transfers using the enhanced features of
Google Pay.
