More than half of wealthy Asian investors in a recent survey say they plan to increase their portfolio exposure to cryptocurrency over the next few years. Sygnum’s APAC HNWI Report 2025 found that 6 ...
SEA Games 2025: Reality check for Singapore swim team despite golds for Mikkel Lee and Letitia Sim
If Team Singapore had not sensed the danger before these SEA Games, they were in for a rude shock on Day 1 of the swimming competition on Dec 10 at the Huamark Aquatic Centre as rivals from Thailand, ...
Singapore’s 2026 visitor arrivals may fall short of pre-Covid levels, but tourist spending should keep rising: observers
Growth in tourism receipts will be fuelled by Mice visitors, alongside rising demand for wellness, medical services and experiential offerings Read more at The Business Times.
12,000 Marriott suppliers in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia to get same-day invoice financing by OCBC
The partnership gives the hospitality group’s SME suppliers quick and seamless access to capital, and enables them to be more sustainable Read more at The Business Times.
Singapore Tops 2025 Global Crypto Rankings as RWA Tokenization Jumps 63%: Report
Singapore has taken the top position in Bybit’s World Crypto Rankings 2025, strengthening its status as one of the most active and structured digital-asset markets. The new index, produced in ...
Singapore Leads 2025 Global Crypto Adoption Rankings
Singapore tops the 2025 crypto adoption rankings as global trends shift across regulation, institutional activity, and grassroots use.
Singapore Customs seizes over 17,000 cartons of contraband cigarettes, biggest haul in 2025
The Singapore Customs seized a total of 17,279 cartons of cigarettes with unpaid duties on Nov 30 and Dec 1, arresting four people in the process.
Singapore’s latest antisocial scourge is pickleball
Enthusiastic picklers are fighting a war against neighbours sick of the sport’s relentless ‘pock, pock, pock’ noise ...
Toku, an AI-powered customer experience platform, lodges preliminary prospectus with MAS for IPO
Toku reported a revenue of US$31.8 mil, US$28.8 mil and US$21.6 mil for FY2024, FY2023 and FY2022 respectively. For the 1HFY2025, revenue stood at US$16.6 mil, up from the US$15.9 mill in 1HFY2024.
Singapore leads world in crypto adoption: Bybit report
Singapore, the US, and Lithuania lead the world in crypto adoption, according to a new report. The report attempts to account for countries' relative, rather than absolute, crypto adoption. Small ...
Singapore runs way with top spot in Bybit’s crypto adoption index, US comes second
Singapore has overtaken the United States to claim the top spot in global cryptocurrency adoption, according to the 2025 World Crypto Rankings report released by crypto exchange Bybit on Wednesday.
Singapore SME Summit 2025 Drives the Theme “From Local Strength to Global Impact” as Singapore Enterprises Chart Their Next Chapter of Growth
The Association of Trade and Commerce (ATC) successfully concluded the Singapore SMESummit 2025 ('SME Summit'), Singapore's annual pinnacle event for enterprises and Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs ...
SpaceX to pursue 2026 IPO raising far above US$30b — Bloomberg
The Elon Musk-led company is targeting a valuation of about US$1.5 trillion for the entire company, which would leave SpaceX near the market value that Saudi Aramco established during its record 2019 ...
Foreigner refused entry into Singapore later got in hidden in van, gets jail and caning
Nie Baochao, 36, was later arrested in Yishun for his suspected involvement in duty unpaid liquor and referred to ICA as he could not show that he was staying in Singapore legally.
Singapore ‘deeply concerned’ by renewed Thailand and Cambodia clashes, calls on parties to adhere to joint declaration
Singapore has called on Thailand and Cambodia to exercise restraint amid renewed border clashes this week and to resolve differences through dialogue and negotiations. In response to media queries, a ...
Singapore’s Olam Group says unit secures $1.12 billion dual currency loan
Singapore's Olam Group said on Wednesday its unit olam food ingredients (ofi) had secured a multi-tranche dual currency term loan facility aggregating $1.12 billion. The facility, consisting of two U.