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 ...)
Cryptocurrency speculation could ‘destroy’ innovation, Singapore central bank exec says
Speculative cryptocurrency investors are negatively impacting on experimentation with the nascent technology, an executive at Singapore's central bank said Monday. Sopnendu Mohanty, chief fintech officer of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), told ... ( read original story ...)
Third MVNO launches in Singapore
Competition in Singapore’s mobile market is heating up quickly as the city state gained its third MVNO within the last two years. Zero1 was scheduled to open registration on is website today (12 February), with its official launch coming next month ... ( read original story ...)
Singtel achieves 1Gbps mobile speed on Ericsson CA technology
Ericsson said telecom operator Singtel has achieved the world’s first 1Gbps mobile speed on its quad-band FDD/TDD Carrier Aggregation (CA) technology. Singtel, a telecom operator in Singapore, can optimise the usage of its 2500 MHz spectrum band in order ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore retail sales up 4.6% in December, helped by sales of cars and mobile devices
SINGAPORE - Surging car sales as well as a brisk trade in mobile devices helped the retail sector end 2017 on a robust note. Total retail takings grew 4.6 per cent in December compared with the same month a year earlier, according to latest data by the ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore wholesalers turning tech-savvy in expanding online and regional market
... is merging with Spring Singapore to form the new Enterprise Singapore agency - is at the helm of the ITM, which will also aim to help wholesalers like Song Fish to tap on technology to cope better with peak business periods like Chinese New Year ... ( read original story ...)
Mobile advertising to be a $1.2 billion market by 2020: Report
Mobile advertising will be a $1.2 billion market by 2020, says a recent research report by Singapore-based global mobile advertising and discovery platform InMobi. The report, which highlights the shift in Internet usage pattern in the country from desktop ... ( read original story ...)
The Apple Watch Series 3 (GPS + Cellular) comes to Singapore
For those of you who have been asking me, "When is the Apple Watch Series 3 LTE version coming to Singapore ah? When is the Apple Watch Series 3 LTE version coming to Singapore ah? When is the Apple Watch Series 3 LTE version coming to Singapore ah?", ( read original story ...)
Mobile commerce, in-store tech drive Asian retail in 2018
SINGAPORE: Mobile commerce and in-store technology integration are two of the trends set to shape retail in Asia for 2018, as the region’s shoppers embrace shopping via smartphone. The shopping habits of consumers in Asia are markedly different from ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Airlines works on blockchain-based mobile loyalty app
Singapore Airlines announced Monday that it's working on what it calls the world's first blockchain-based airline loyalty digital wallet that will help unlock the value of frequent flyer miles to enable everyday spending at retail partners. "Innovation ... ( read original story ...)