The FinLab, United Overseas Bank’s (UOB) innovation accelerator, launched The FinLab Online on 23 June. This digital platform will help small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and start-ups across ASEAN implement digital solutions to transform their businesses.
Since its launch in 2015, The FinLab has...
As Singapore gradually emerges from the circuit breaker measures implemented to curb the spread of COVID-19, many businesses are looking forward to resuming operations.
However, things will not return exactly to how they were before. These two months in an unprecedented situation in Singapore...
Singapore-based HeyHi, an interactive online educational platform, is collaborating with Vonage, a business cloud communications provider, to provide online classroom learning experiences to schools, learning centers, tuition centers and private tutors in Asia and North America.
This comes as digital communications are now critical in providing...
The Singapore Business Federation (SBF), in partnership with Enterprise Singapore (ESG) will set up a $2.5 million Rising in Support of Enterprises (RISE) Fund and will partner the SBF Foundation in its $2 million industry-led Compassion Fund.
These two initiatives aim to help businesses,...
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 evolving digital business landscape in the Asia Pacific region is seeing a trend of operations moving into the cloud. Firms are collecting massive quantities of data that requires analysis, protection, and storage. This data brings significant business opportunities along with it.
SMEs, in...
The past decade has seen rapid evolutions, brought about by the accelerated digitisation of the world economy. Across Asia Pacific, people, businesses and even the public sector are collecting more data more rapidly than ever before.
In Singapore, digital transformation and smart nation initiatives...
ST Engineering and the National University of Singapore (NUS) have joined forces to develop network encryption solutions that provide superior security by leveraging quantum cryptography technology.
The collaboration is supported under the National Research Foundation’s (NRF) Quantum Engineering Programme (QEP).
Current...
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced on 28 May that the first phase of the Veritas initiative - a framework for financial institutions to promote the responsible adoption of Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics (AIDA) - will commence with the development of fairness metrics in credit...
