THE World Bank Group's International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) has issued two tranches of catastrophe-linked bonds totalling US$225 million.
THE World Bank Group's International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) has issued two tranches of catastrophe-linked bonds totalling US$225 million.
PAYMENTS platform provider 2C2P has raised US$52 million in new funding from investors including IFC, Cento Ventures and Arbor Ventures, it said in a media statement on Monday.
GRAB is targeting the underserved segment in the middle-income economy of this region - the small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that are the forgotten links in a supply chain that trace back to a Fortune 500 giant, top Grab executives told The Business Times.
YUMMY noodles that also ease small-scale farmers' woes: That is the goal of one food science startup in Singapore. That firm, NamZ, is now getting a boost - to take its high-protein, lower-fat NoodleZ from pilot to product.
THE payment services industry in Singapore is upbeat on growth, while three major government reports in the past three months have singled out the sector for its rosy prospects.
THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is seeking to regulate derivatives of payment tokens such as Bitcoin and Ether by allowing trade only on the four approved exchanges in Singapore.
