Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Singapore and the ASEAN region see the need to invest more in technology in order to succeed under increasingly challenging conditions. These are the findings of the ASEAN SME Transformation Study by United Overseas ... ( read original story ...)
What smart-nation Singapore can learn from other smart cities
For the country’s youthful population, smart technology is native — they are practically born with a mobile phone in their hand. But what about Singapore and its aging population? Can an elderly population engage in the same way with smart technologies ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s Government Blockchain Experiment Is A Road to Regulatory Understanding
This approach by South Africa is different to Singapore, but there is clearly a correlation in attitude between the two companies as both Mohanty, and now Gamaroff has confirmed the regulators are open and positive towards Blockchain technology ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore-based fintech start-up Texcent receives Remittance License from Monetary Authority Singapore (MAS)
The company has future plans to connect its remittance network with its Hybrid Mobile Wallet 'Paycent'. Paycent is a global mobile dual E-wallet that can be funded by digital and fiat currencies within the same mobile application. Paycent has partnered ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Budget 2018: GST to apply to digital services from 2020
In other words, offerings from companies not based in Singapore currently, which are not affected by the tax now. The change also means that GST could be applied to a wide variety of software and services, such as mobile app downloads from Google Play ... ( read original story ...)
SINGAPORE BUDGET: UPDATE: Fin Min Flags Tax Increases To Meet Health, Infrastructure Needs
SINGAPORE (Feb 19) -- Singapore raised the stamp duty on residential ... and extending the GST to imported digital services such as movie and music streaming services and mobile apps come 2020. The carbon tax, which applies to all facilities producing ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore hits record US$229m of fintech funding in 2017: KPMG
The high in fintech funding was mainly attributed to two of Asia's 10 biggest deals - with a combined value of over US$130 million - taking place in Singapore in the fourth quarter. The deals are mobile commerce startup GoSwiff's US$100 million purchase by ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore: Viral video captures disturbing activities of Westwood Secondary School students
Is this in Singapore?" In the video, a student can be seen bullying continuously one of his classmates. The video showed that two students were throwing chairs to a boy who was seated at his table in a classroom with his mobile phone. While one boy failed ... ( read original story ...)
At Origin Bar, cocktails are inspired by districts in Singapore like Chinatown and Little India
Photographer captures the dual lives of Singapore Armed Forces NSmen in stunning photo project New telco Zero1 is launching unlimited mobile data plans at the cut-throat price of $19 a month This Singapore Casket ad for Valentine’s Day is fake as hell ... ( read original story ...)
Australian’s Gold-As-A-Service Mobile App SendGold Launches in Singapore
SINGAPORE - Media OutReach - 19 February 2018 - SendGold , a Gold-as-a-Service app that enables physical gold investment and payments in a digital environment, today announced the March 2018 launch of its app in Singapore. With the growing demand for gold ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s e-payment space gets overcrowded
The interest in fintech has resulted in the rise of new e-payment schemes in Singapore, however, this also presents a challenge in infrastructure, BMI Research revealed. A report revealed that the unique mobile payments such as NetsPay, DBS Paylah ... ( read original story ...)
KPMG Report: Singapore Hits Fintech Funding Record with $229 Million in 2017
Two of the top 10 deals in Asia took place in Singapore during Q4 of 2017. Mobile commerce startup GoSwiff brought in $100 million in funding whereas, global asset management fintech player Smartkarma raised $13.5 million, according to KPMG’s Pulse of ... ( read original story ...)
Mobile the preferred choice for Chinese New Year sales conversions
On the same day, desktop saw a 164% sales increase in Singapore, followed by mobile app (134%) and mobile web (105%). Local fashion marketers told us that they in fact, started pushing out Chinese New Year campaigns between December until three weeks ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s exports rise but electronic items continue slide
SINGAPORE (Nikkei Markets) -- Singapore's exports rose more than expected in January although the decline in electronics underlined the widely held view that the global semiconductor rally is fading and that the city-state's trade dependent economy would ... ( read original story ...)
Ericsson and Singtel to roll out gigabit LTE
"Singtel and Ericsson have a common goal of delivering the best mobile network in Singapore by seamlessly combining both FDD and TDD technologies in one 4G LTE network," Ericsson country manager for Singapore, Brunei, and the Philippines Martin Wiktorin said. ( read original story ...)
Singtel to launch 1Gbps mobile speed later this year
SINGAPORE - Smartphone users in Singapore will soon be able to enjoy a mobile speed of 1Gbps. Singtel said on Monday (Feb 12) that it has achieved this peak mobile speed using Ericsson's quad-band FDD/TDD Carrier Aggregation (CA) technology. This will ... ( read original story ...)