Plus, with the EZ-Link payment system being accepted at over 30,000 retail stores across Singapore, the band will also double up as a handy wallet. Technology is taking law enforcements to new heights - a height of 60m, to be exact. Image credit ... ( read original story ...)
Mobile payment firms struggle to dethrone cash in Southeast Asia
And the mobile payment marketplace in Southeast Asia remains wide open, with no dominant players. Indonesia’s ride-hailing firm Go-Jek’s Go-Pay, Singapore-based Grab’s GrabPay, Japan’s messaging app Line’s Line Pay, Momo e-wallet owner M_Service ... ( read original story ...)
Smart technology key to zero waste economy: Masagos
Smart technology will be the key to achieving Singapore's goal of becoming a "zero waste" society by 2030, and create new jobs in the process, Mr Masagos Zulkifli, Minister for the Environment and Water Resources, said yesterday. In his first Facebook Live ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Press : CEE 2018 scores its biggest ever consumer electronics exhibition with up to 90% off on IT gadgets
Singapore, 22 May 2018- The biggest edition of the Consumer Electronics Exhibition (CEE 2018) is backfrom 24 to 27 May 2018 at theSuntec Convention and Exhibition Centre, Level 3 (11am - 9pm), and Level 4 (12 - 9pm). CEE 2018 is organised by Exhibits Inc ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s First Fintech Trading App Spiking Announces Initial Token Offering
Spiking, Singapore’s first financial-technology trading application, will be launching its Initial Token Offering (ITO) pre-sale on 9 May 2018. The Spiking platform will allow traders to find Whales (i.e. key executives of large companies behind ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s M1 Launches Enhanced Digital Mobile Remittance Service
Singapore's M1 announced an enhanced digital mobile remittance service, M1 Remit which is now integrated with MyInfo to enable a seamless end-to-end account registration experience. Vietnam is a newly added remittance destination, raising the number of ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore-based mobile marketplace Carousell raises USD 85 million
Carousell, the Singapore-based mobile ecommerce marketplace, has pulled in an USD 85 million Series C fund to strengthen its ecommerce business. The round was co-led by existing investor Rakuten Ventures and EDBI, the corporate investment arm of Singapore ... ( read original story ...)
Michael Essien receives rapturous welcome in Singapore ahead of legends game
Former Black Stars midfielder Michael Essien received a rapturous welcome in Singapore ahead of his trip to London for the Legends Charity game on Friday. The Ghanaian who plies his trade in Indonesia made a short trip to Singapore, where he took the ... ( read original story ...)
Mobile app aims to give Ngee Ann Polytechnic graduates career boost
SINGAPORE - New mobile learning packages have been issued to this year's graduates from Ngee Ann Polytechnic (NP) to give them a head start in their careers. Known as "Beginnings", the package - which can be downloaded to their phones - contains four ... ( read original story ...)
Why Singapore for the Trump-Kim summit?
It has one foot in the East and one in the West, is ultra-modern, secure and sometimes mocked as being a little dull — Singapore was the safe pick for a historic first meeting between the unpredictable leaders of the US and North Korea. US President ... ( read original story ...)
Alibaba out to dominate mobile pay in Southeast Asia
BANGKOK/SINGAPORE/SHANGHAI -- The Southeast Asian market for mobile payment services is undergoing an upheaval, with Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding at the center of the tumult. The group is backing Thai conglomerate Charoen Pokphand's ... ( read original story ...)
Martial arts goes mobile, teams up with Grab
Singapore - ONE Championship, a martial arts promotion, announced a partnership with Grab Singapore, as well as the launch of its new ONE Championship mobile app in Singapore on Monday. The mobile app, available for download on both Android and iOS ... ( read original story ...)
Mobile weakness bears down on Singtel earnings
Singapore-based mobile operator Singtel recorded continued weakness in its fiscal Q4 ending 31 March, with profit dropping sharply and revenue flat as its operations in India, Indonesia and its home market experienced declines. The operator, the largest in ... ( read original story ...)
Fighting food waste in Singapore: ‘No brainer’ tracking tech and first standard unveiled
The Singapore Standard (SS) 633: 2017, was launched by the Food Standards Committee (FSC) and the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology (SIMTech). According to the National Environment Agency ... ( read original story ...)
Finastra International Financial Systems Pte. Limited bags SBR International Business Awards for Financial Technology
Finastra has been awarded the Singapore Business Review International Business Award for Financial Technology for 2018. The accolade recognises Finastra’s work in the front-to-back digital transformation of Myanmar’s Yoma Bank. By embracing Finastra ... ( read original story ...)
Facial recognition to be used at Singapore airport
Singapore's Changi airport is testing a facial recognition ... Changi airport is looking at how it can implement the facial recognition technology in its three other terminals at bag drop and immigration as well as potentially in terminal five which ... ( read original story ...)