Digital financing has revolutionised access to funding by making access to financing easier and more convenient. However, traditional banking is still the financial behemoth of old, with a recent survey finding that 69% of Singaporeans prefer it over digital ones. This article looks closely at the intricacies of digital financing …

According to a report commissioned by Amazon Web Services (AWS), Singapore alone will need 1.2 million additional digital workers by 2025 to remain competitive. The tech talent crunch is further intensified as Chinese tech giants expand into Singapore after facing pressures at home. Worldwide, 149 million new digital jobs in …

Engineers can imagine a new frontier and make it happen. Without them, low-noise earthquake-proof bullet trains that can hit 200 miles per hour will not be a reality since 1964. We will still be vacuuming with clogged up vacuum bags and poor suction powers if James Dyson did not imagine …

In Singapore, Asia’s number one Fintech city, 66% of Fintechs saw an increase in demand for their products and services during COVID-19, with 40% believing that this increase will sustain over a long period. This optimism is, ironically, brought forth by the pandemic, which created an environment that forced the …

According to UOB’s report on the State of Fintech in ASEAN, Singapore takes the lion’s share of fintechs in the region, at 39%. In Singapore alone, fintech investments crossed the billion-dollar mark, a figure that the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has set for 2019 but has achieved within the …

With Singapore fintechs taking 51% of ASEAN funding as of Q3 2019, it comes as no surprise that investors may be keen to learn more about the country’s fintech landscape. Singapore has over 40 innovation labs, more than 500 fintech start ups, SGD500 million in record-high fintech investments in 2018, …