CapitaLand Investment Limited (CLI) has partnered SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG) as a SkillsFuture Queen Bee to uplift the skills and capabilities of Singapore’s retail sector, leveraging on CLI’s extensive network of retail partners that includes a wide range of small- and medium-size enterprises (SMEs).  The...
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...
In Budget 2024, which comes after a difficult year and anticipates the challenging global situation ahead, the government continues its efforts to develop local enterprises, equip workers for life, and also create pathways for equity and mobility. Developing local enterprises Minister...
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) launched the BIS Innovation Hub Centre in Singapore in November 2019. This is the BIS’s first expansion of its global footprint in 17 years. The BIS Innovation Hub will foster innovation and greater...
On 15 April 2020, the first tranche of payouts under the Jobs Support Scheme (JSS) began to be disbursed to over 140,000 employers. Totalling over $7 billion, the payouts will help to cover the wages of over 1.9 million local employees in Singapore.
The Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA) has published its Singapore Cyber Landscape (SCL) 2019, which revealed that cyber threats grew in scale and complexity in 2019.  In line with global trends, Singapore witnessed an increase in cyber threats targeted at various local industries...
Small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Singapore want continued financial support from the Budget 2021 to help them to retain their employees while they continue to build back their businesses, according to the UOB SME Outlook 2021 Study. More than half of SMEs want...
Businesses can now reduce cost and processing times when they transact with the Housing & Development Board (HDB), JTC and Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) through the InvoiceNow nationwide e-invoicing network. Launched by the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) in 2019, InvoiceNow...
This article was contributed by the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS). Corporate Income Tax (CIT) filing deadline is around the corner – all companies will need to file their CIT Returns (Form C-S/ Form C-S (Lite)/ Form C) for the Year of Assessment...
MSD has released an analysis that suggests up to 96% of the total ongoing economic cost of COVID-19 in markets in Asia Pacific is due to indirect costs, rather than direct healthcare costs.The report, titled A Neglected Burden: The Ongoing Economic Costs of COVID-19 in Australia, Taiwan, South Korea,...