Enterprise Singapore is focusing on strengthening the startup ecosystem in Singapore by working with global and local partners. This supports the national Research, Innovation and Enterprise 2020 Plan to build a strong core of innovative enterprises and startups to capture global opportunities and create high value jobs...
UOB The FinLab has unveiled The Greentech Accelerator, a new, global programme aimed at supporting innovative greentech solution providers regionally and globally to drive their company’s sustainable mission forward. As part of the first cohort, the programme will focus on greentech solutions including energy efficiency; zero-waste supply chain;...
IFS has shared the latest findings of its recent global research polling 2,000 senior decision-makers – VP and above – in France, Germany, Japan, Nordics, UK, USA and the UAE –across Manufacturing, Services, Telecoms, Energy & Resources, Construction & Engineering, and A&D industries.
In its last overview, the company highlighted the overarching dependence on AI to create and accelerate business value from...
Xero, the global small business platform, has teamed up with the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) Singapore to support their mission to empower accountants. Through this partnership, accountants will learn how to leverage technology to grow their practices and that of their small business clients through...
Singapore businesses have a cautious economic outlook, as new data from Airwallex reveals that 7 in 10 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) here are bracing for a potential recession within the next two years.
The independent research considered the challenges SMEs in Singapore would face...
DBS has introduced an automated supplier procure-to-pay solution for the construction sector developed by Singaporean fintech Doxa. Named Doxa Connex, the payments solution is a first for the sector in Singapore and it aims to help main contractors improve cashflow management with their suppliers as well as...
Minister for Finance Mr Lawrence Wong delivered the FY2022 Budget Statement on 18 February. Recognising the unpredictability of the virus, he called on Singaporeans to adjust to the new normal. “We cannot let it change our hopes, our aspirations, our values,” he said.
On...
Enterprise Singapore has initiated a comprehensive review of its strategies to ensure that its enterprise development efforts keep pace with the evolving and increasingly complex business landscape locally and globally.
To achieve stronger, more impactful outcomes, Enterprise Singapore will sharpen its supporting approaches through...
DBS Bank (Hong Kong) Limited and GS1 Hong Kong have launched a digital post-shipment trade financing solution powered by alternative data.
With this offering, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) on GS1 Hong Kong’s ezTRADE platform can utilise their trade data to access financing in...
A survey from Chubb reveals that a majority (56%) of financial executives involved in insurance decision-making globally expect to generate more than 10% of their revenue from embedded insurance within three years. In Asia, the majority is even greater: 62%.
Further, an overwhelming 81% say digital insurance...
