FinanceStandard Chartered ups SME play in Singapore to fight fintechsInternational Finance DeskNovember 15, 2019 by International Finance DeskNovember 15, 2019 Sage CashView reporting tool enables enterprises to simplify SME loan applications and review real-time data... Read more
BankingOCBC launches all-in-one digital payment terminal in MalaysiaPritam BordoloiNovember 14, 2019 by Pritam BordoloiNovember 14, 2019 Becomes the first foreign bank in Malaysia to do so by collaborating with the Revenue Group... Read more
TechnologySingapore’s Beenext to raise $100 mn for Emerging Asia fundPritam BordoloiNovember 13, 2019January 24, 2020 by Pritam BordoloiNovember 13, 2019January 24, 2020 The VC firm has already secured $8 mn from a single investor... Read more
Real EstateSingapore becomes Asia’s top property market, beats HKPritam BordoloiNovember 12, 2019January 24, 2020 by Pritam BordoloiNovember 12, 2019January 24, 2020 Hong Kong ranks last due to the escalating political unrest... Read more
Fintech$2 bn programme to make Singapore a green finance hubInternational Finance DeskNovember 12, 2019 by International Finance DeskNovember 12, 2019 MAS to establish Green Investments Programme to make the city state a hub of green finance activities... Read more
FintechSingaporean fintech startup DEXFT secures fundingPritam BordoloiNovember 8, 2019 by Pritam BordoloiNovember 8, 2019 Round led by blockchain and cryptocurrency fund LuneX and Singapore state-owned SGInnovate... Read more
BankingOCBC to form a new digital bank with Keppel and ValidusPritam BordoloiNovember 6, 2019 by Pritam BordoloiNovember 6, 2019 OCBC is planning to acquire a wholesale digital banking licence offered by Singaporean regulators... Read more
Real EstateCity fringes are where the office real estate action is in SingaporeSamuel AbrahamNovember 4, 2019January 24, 2020 by Samuel AbrahamNovember 4, 2019January 24, 2020 A Colliers report highlights that the gap between rentals for grade A offices in the CBD and the city fringe has hit 22%... Read more
EconomyEase of Doing Business: China, India on the most-improved listInternational Finance DeskOctober 24, 2019November 1, 2019 by International Finance DeskOctober 24, 2019November 1, 2019 New Zealand ranks first on the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business 2020, followed by Singapore... Read more
HealthcareMalaysia’s IHH Healthcare to sell stakes in Indian assetsPritam BordoloiOctober 24, 2019November 1, 2019 by Pritam BordoloiOctober 24, 2019November 1, 2019 The company will sell a 62% stake in Continental Hospitals and a 74% share in Global Hospitals... Read more