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The 5-day Singapore FinTech Festival is the largest FinTech event in 2017, with about 300 participating companies from more than 40 countries and regions and over 25,000 attendees. View original content with multimedia:http://www.prnewswire.com/news ... ( read original story ...)

As of 2016, Singapore’s medtech industry was worth more than $ 3 billion USD, and the government aims to grow the sector considerably. The country already hosts a number of international medtech manufacturers and facilitates public-private partnerships ... ( read original story ...)

As of 2016, Singapore’s medtech industry was worth more than $ 3 billion USD, and the government aims to grow the sector considerably. The country already hosts a number of international medtech manufacturers and facilitates public-private partnerships ... ( read original story ...)

Quoine Pte, a cryptocoin exchange operator founded in Singapore, said it’s now routing customers’ payments to Japan, where the firm banks with lenders including Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. after an account in the city-state was closed. ( read original story ...)

Singapore’s beleaguered rail system can’t catch a break. Days after a software glitch caused a train collision that injured more than 30 people, lightning struck a train on the same line. Literally. A mass rapid transit train on the East-West Line was ... ( read original story ...)

In the battle against the car, space-starved Singapore has deployed road tolls, massive spending on public transport, and a licence fee that bumps the cost of an average vehicle to over US$80,000. But urban planners looking for solutions to gridlock may ... ( read original story ...)

In the battle against the car, space-starved Singapore has deployed road tolls, massive spending on public transport, and a licence fee that bumps the cost of an average vehicle to over $80,000. But urban planners looking for solutions to gridlock may find ... ( read original story ...)

Just 32 percent of organisations in Singapore currently tap machine learning, although 52 percent believe such tools' ability to make complex decisions is imperative to the success of their business. A further 87 percent said greater automation brought ... ( read original story ...)

City councillors were shaking their heads after reports about a a crash on a commuter train line in Singapore on Wednesday suggested it ... Is this a similar arrangement?” Channel News Asia reports 36 people were injured in the crash when one train ... ( read original story ...)

Once native to the lush rainforests of Brazil, two species of rare and endangered macaws have now nestled in Singapore. Working with Brazilian authorities, the Jurong Bird Park aims to revive numbers for the dying Spix's and Lear's macaws. ( read original story ...)

"Commuters were inconvenienced, and some even injured. We are deeply sorry for that," Khaw was quoted by the Straits Times newspaper as telling a news conference. Densely populated Singapore is highly dependent on public transport. It is one of the world's ... ( read original story ...)

LONDON, Nov. 15, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Singapore enthusiastically embraces 4G/LTE and beyond Through its building of a high quality and extremely progressive regulatory environment for the local telecommunications sector, Singapore has developed the status ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A Singapore mass transit train collided early on Wednesday with another at a station, injuring 25 people, authorities said, the latest incident involving the city-state's railways. Transit operator SMRT said 23 passengers and two ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A Singapore mass transit train collided early on Wednesday with another train that was stationary near a station in the city state’s western area and some injuries were reported, the country’s Straits Times newspaper reported. The ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore’s housing market is ticking all the right boxes for revival. Except one. Private residential prices are up, quarter on quarter, after almost four years of continuous declines. Land prices are rising, both in government tenders and in bids to ... ( read original story ...)

The Monetary Authority of Singapore unveiled a raft of new initiatives to further the city’s push into financial technology, including a project to improve banks’ ability to detect money launderers and others on blacklists, and a tie-up with the ... ( read original story ...)