To better understand the evolving priorities and pressures shaping SME growth today, Airwallex surveyed 250 Singapore business decision-makers across the country. The study revealed key trends around financial pressures, workforce challenges, global expansion plans, and the growing adoption of digital solutions.
Financial Pressures & Business Resilience: Rising costs remain the...
Salesforce has released its latest Connected Financial Services report, sharing insights from 9,500 financial services institution (FSI) consumers worldwide, including 500 from Singapore.
In addition to taking the pulse of consumers’ sense of financial security and goals, the report delves into how customer experiences — including those increasingly powered by...
Visa reveals a surge in contactless payments across the Asia-Pacific (AP) region, with Vietnam leading the charge based on a recent survey commissioned by Visa done by YouGov.
VisaNet data analyzed by the Visa Consulting & Analytics (VCA) shows a significant shift in payment behavior, with nearly one in five transactions processed...
Funding Societies has announced a partnership with Boss Boleh, an online company secretary provider that simplifies company incorporation and secretarial procedures for new businesses.
The partnership aims to address key challenges faced by businesses such as access to financing, corporate administrative hurdles, and how to navigate the latest e-invoicing implementation.
Through...
Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, Mr Lawrence Wong, delivered Singapore’s FY2025 Budget Statement on 18 February 2025, in Parliament. In his opening remarks, Minister Wong highlighted Singapore’s strong recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, but noted that the world was entering a period of greater global uncertainty and downside...
Adyen has partnered with Eats365 in a collaboration that will simplify operations for Eats365 merchants and users throughout the supported regions.
Through 365pay, Eats365’s integrated payment solution, food & beverage (F&B) merchants can now access Adyen’s payment offerings, streamlining the entire process from ordering to payment across all channels. This integration...
An Aon plc report, the 2024 Working Capital and Performance Benchmarking Report for Asia Pacific, examines the working capital performance and practices of more than 900 companies across 21 industries and 12 countries/territories in the Asia Pacific region.According to the report, the average days receivable for Asia Pacific companies for...
According to the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS), over 2 million employees (9 in 10 employees) whose employers are on the Auto-Inclusion Scheme (AIS) will benefit from the convenience of pre-filled tax returns, No-Filing Service (NFS) or Direct Notice of Assessment (D-NOA) for Year of Assessment 2025.
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The Budget Statement for 2025 will be delivered on Tuesday, 18 February. The logo for this year features three figures supporting one another, symbolise the unity of the Singaporean people, coming together to explore new opportunities together and to reach new frontiers.
With these goals in mind, SMEhorizon presents a...
Jointly launched by UOB, PwC Singapore and the Singapore FinTech Association (SFA), the roundup edition of FinTech in ASEAN 2024 report: A decade of innovation report recaps the evolution of FinTech in the region from 2015 to 2024.
Funding for Financial Technology (FinTech) in ASEAN has surged more than 10 times since...
