Jenji, a fintech scale-up company that has built an AI-based platform that automates expense management, has announced the results of its 2021 Asia Pacific (APAC) Expense Management Practices Survey. The survey reveals that the adoption level of digitalisation and automation in expense management among companies...
Amazon Singapore has released the results of a nationwide survey on consumer shopping behaviour in the past year, conducted by YouGov.  Surveying 1,207 adults in Singapore, the study sought to explore the online shopping behaviour across three main generational groups in the country – Gen...
Sophos findings for Asia Pacific and Japan in its global survey, “The IT Security Team: 2021 and Beyond,” show how increased security challenges during the pandemic offered IT teams a unique opportunity to build their cybersecurity expertise. The vast majority of IT teams in...
PlanetSpark has announced the launch of PlanetSpark Innovation Centre, the first hardware-targeted accelerator for Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT) innovations, dedicated to supporting Singapore tech startups speed up market deployment.Supported by Enterprise Singapore and backed by Excelpoint, PlanetSpark will invest an initial S$5 million to expand the...
This past year has been especially challenging for SMBs in the region, with International Data Corporation (IDC) reporting 70.6 percent of micro and SMBs forced to temporarily cease operations due to the pandemic.  In response, TikTok has introduced Shop Local Saturday, an initiative to...
According to an IDC report, Enterprise Automation to Mitigate the Digital Skills Shortage , around 60%-80% of AP organizations find it difficult or extremely difficult to fill vacancies in many IT roles including security, developers, and data professionals. Major consequences of the skills shortage are increased workload...
In the past year, HR professionals have dramatically changed how they connect with employees and enable them to stay relevant, as onboarding and training activities were reimagined as virtual events. As businesses changed strategies, and digitalisation supported these plans, virtual training became an important way to ensure...
Singapore-based fintech solutions provider, InfoCorp, has launched the Sentinel Chain Consortium Programme to onboard strategic fintech and agritech partners onto Sentinel Chain - the world's first international platform to accept the use of livestock as collateral via a consortium blockchain. Southeast Asia’s poultry production...
Alchemy Global Payment Solutions Limited (Alchemy), a global cryptocurrency payment systems provider, has partnered with Singapore-based Arcadier, an online marketplace builder, and QFPay, a digital fiat payment technology company, to launch Asia's first hybrid crypto and fiat payment solution (Alchemy Hybrid Payment Solution). The Alchemy Hybrid Payment Solution, which can be conveniently installed...
DBS will create a B2B platform for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to sell their goods and services to large corporate and multinational corporations (MNCs). DBS is collaborating with Singtel for the SME portal which will instantly connect SMEs including those without an online presence to an e-commerce platform hosted on the...