Singapore-based bankers and consultants are now wanted by large Southeast Asian technology start-ups. North Asia has already witnessed a similar trend. Led by Tencent and Alibaba, mainland technology companies have been recruiting investment bankers into ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore computer vision company Trax raises $64m in Warburg Pincus-led round
Trax – which is headquartered in Singapore and has an R&D facility in Israel – offers a number of products built around its core computer vision technology. It uses image recognition software to extract and analyse data from visual information and ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore banks to allow cellphone numbers for transfers
While similar services are already offered by individual banks in Singapore, they are commonly based on the mobile wallet system, meaning that users must deposit some cash into their wallets before they can transfer it to someone else. The new service ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd Makes a Key Acquisition in SP Telecommunications: Why is it Important?
Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd (SGX: S63) is an engineering conglomerate with a wide variety of business interests. As a quick background, ST Engineering organises its business into four main divisions: aerospace, electronics, land systems ... ( read original story ...)
Kronologi Partners with ST Electronics to Establish Hong Kong Data Back-Up Centre and Extend Transnational Infrastructure
21 June 2017 – Kronologi Asia Berhad (“Kronologi” or “the Group”) said today it will partner Singapore Technologies Electronics Limited (ST Electronics) to expand in Hong Kong as part of its strategy to deliver transnational (cross border ... ( read original story ...)
New way to pay up — just use mobile phone numbers or IC
SINGAPORE — Consumers will soon be able to transfer funds directly to one another using their mobile phone number, with the PayNow service. Seven banks — Citibank Singapore, DBS Bank/POSB, HSBC, Maybank, OCBC Bank, Standard Chartered Bank and United ... ( read original story ...)
Disruption looms for property sector as technology investments mount
Singapore-based Reidao is one such company that is tokenising ... "It is akin to the equities market 20 years ago when there wasn't a lot of technology for trading and visibility and transparency and market scoping," he said. In any case, it appears ... ( read original story ...)
Blockchain Technology Regulations: What US Can Learn From Singapore
Hundreds of entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, bitcoin collectors and blockchain aficionados crowded into the New York University auditorium last week for the first Token Summit. Outside, the world was damp, smothered by low-hanging clouds. Behind the ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Technologies Engineering : ST Engineering’s Electronics Arm Completes Acquisition of SP Telecommunications Pte Ltd
SINGAPORE, May 2-- Singapore Technologies Engineering issued the following news release: Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd (ST Engineering) today announced that further to its announcement dated 18 January 2017, its electronics arm Singapore ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Technologies Engineering : ST Electronics Unveils Latest Suite of Smart City Solutions at CommunicAsia 2017
SINGAPORE, May 23-- Singapore Technologies Engineering issued the following news release: Singapore Technologies Electronics Limited (ST Electronics) announced today at CommunicAsia 2017 its new suite of smart solutions that paves the way for developing ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s construction sector urged to adopt new technologies
Singapore's Second Minister for National Development and Home Affairs Desmond Lee urged local construction firms, especially small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), to get in step with the times. He said the push for technology in the building and ... ( read original story ...)
Real time data, mobile CX offers telco disruption
brand and marketing lead of Singapore mobile operator Circles.Life, a challenger brand. (For more on Circles.Life's use of customer data, read WARC's exclusive report: Disrupting Singapore's telco industry with mobile-first, data-driven customer experience.) ( read original story ...)
A prison without guards: Changi Prison’s adoption of technology
As Singapore moves towards being a Smart Nation, the Singapore Prison Service is also keeping up with the times. In this exclusive report, Channel NewsAsia visits Changi Prison to see how new technology is being used. 38 Oxley Road: The dispute ( read original story ...)
SG-based mobile app grocery delivery service expands to PH
Singapore-based mobile app honestbee, an on-demand grocery delivery service, made its official debut in the Philippine market on Friday, June 16. Launched in July 2015 in Singapore and now available in nine other cities in Asia, honestbee is a concierge ... ( read original story ...)
MOBILE SHOPPING SPEND IN ASIA PACIFIC TO SURGE THIS YEAR, RESEARCH REVEALS
The report delves into the shopping trends of five APAC countries – Singapore, Thailand, China, Japan and India Projected increase in mobile spend for 2017 PayPal said the forecasted increase in mobile spend comes at a time when APAC countries are ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore May factory output up 5.0 percent on electronics strength
SINGAPORE Singapore's industrial production in May grew for the 10th consecutive month from a year earlier, helped by strong electronics output, data showed on Friday. Manufacturing output in May rose 5.0 percent year-on-year, data from the Singapore ... ( read original story ...)