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HSBC & Conferma expand virtual cards for suppliers

Businesses in Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia will be able to settle supplier bills inside existing finance systems, cutting manual processing.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Today

IT Automation

Singapore lags in automated cyber threat validation

Every respondent in Singapore reported cyber exposure management barriers, as automated threat validation lagged far behind global and North American rates.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Today

Digital Transformation

Singapore law body adds AI tools to LawNet platform

More than 75 per cent of Singapore lawyers use LawNet, so the AI upgrade is set to shape legal research, sentencing queries and drafting.

By Raphael Veloso • 5 min read • Yesterday

Customer Relationship Management

Brewlander AI Irresponsibly wins first Effie Grand Prix

Singapore's first Effie Grand Prix went to a low-budget beer campaign that lifted spontaneous brand awareness by 32% and sales by 15%.

By Raphael Veloso • 4 min read • Yesterday

Data Analytics

Singapore race week lifts hotels, bars & retailers

International visitors drove a race-week spending surge in Singapore, with hotels, bars and shops all posting higher takings and bigger transactions.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 3 min read • Today

High Performance Computing

Synopsys, A*STAR team up on chiplet packaging study

The deal gives Singapore chip firms early access to simulation tools aimed at cutting packaging risk and speeding AI and HPC development.

By Raphael Veloso • 4 min read • 2 days ago

Software-as-a-Service

Convera & JustLogin add cross-border payroll payments

Businesses in Southeast Asia can now pay staff in up to 16 currencies from JustLogin, cutting payroll delays and compliance headaches.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Yesterday

Fintech

Grab to buy 60% of Atome Financial for USD $1.49bn

Consumer lending across Southeast Asia will expand for Grab, which is funding a controlling stake in Atome Financial entirely from existing cash.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 5 min read • Last week

Global Stories

Singapore stories

Software-as-a-Service

Heidi raises US$340M to expand AI agents in healthcare

Heidi has raised US$340 million to expand its AI Care Partner across health systems and move beyond clinical documentation into supervised tasks.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Today

Mergers and Acquisitions

IQ-EQ names Anil Ponnampalam to lead APAC platform

The appointment deepens IQ-EQ's integration of its former Gordian Capital business, as Anil Ponnampalam takes charge across APAC and the Middle East.

By Mara Sugue • 3 min read • Yesterday

Human Capital Management

New York tops ECA's ranking of costliest expat cities

London's place on the list slipped as currency moves and housing costs reshaped expat budgets across 208 cities worldwide.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Yesterday

Customer Experience

AsiaPay launches tokenisation service for Asia-Pacific

Merchants across 12 Asian markets can now use a single interface to cut checkout friction and fraud exposure on card payments.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 3 min read • 2 days ago

Digital Transformation

AI fuels M&A deals across Australia & Southeast Asia

AI is fuelling dealmaking across Australia and Southeast Asia, with buyers chasing proprietary tech, scalable models and data centre capacity.

By Ben Constance • 3 min read • 2 days ago

Fintech

Global Signal Exchange joins Japan anti-scam alliance

The tie-up should give Japanese banks and investigators faster access to cross-border scam intelligence as fraudsters move across platforms and borders.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Last week