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<p>Spending on household goods is expected to hit 55.6 billion ringgit (S$18.1 billion) by 2023, according to Fitch Solutions research.</p>

<p> SoftBank Group Corp's WeWork debacle is unlikely to be repeated. It also means that for the Vision Fund to deliver venture capital-size returns, it'll need to rely on singles and doubles instead of hitting home runs.</p>

<p> South Korea is the land of foldable phones, K-pop and beauty creams. But somehow its best and brightest are missing out on the hottest innovation trends.</p>

<p>SINGAPORE stocks reversed course to resume trading in positive territory on Thursday afternoon, with the Straits Times Index gaining 0.02 per cent, or 0.5 point to 3,263.20 as at 1.02pm.&nbsp;</p>

<p>BANKS in South-east Asia are set to miss out on as much as US$5 billion, or 14.3 per cent of their payments revenue by 2025, displaced by the growth of digital payments and competition from non-banks,&nbsp;according to a new report.&nbsp;</p>

<p> A bitcoin miner, flying-taxi maker and apartment-sharing outfit are among the herd of Chinese upstarts rushing to New York markets. Their untested business models are alarming enough. But Beijing's more frequent crackdowns on booming next-generation industries add another layer of risk.</p>

<p>AS climate change takes its toll, banks will face the value deterioration in certain assets it's exposed to. To prepare for this, Singapore is expected to put out guidelines on environmental risk management for the financial sector.</p>

<p>WITH its auto financing business already revving up profits - used car marketplace Carro is now eyeing a wholesale digital banking licence to expand the business.</p>

<p>A NEW blockchain platform meant to tackle the perennial problems behind the trillion-dollar trade finance market has been developed in Singapore among partners including commodity trading giant Trafigura and DBS, with a US$20 million pilot trade to be transacted via it.</p>

<p>CHINA's fiery Moutai baijiu, distilled from red sorghum grain, has been on investors' radar in recent years, either as a stock or a collectible via aged, special edition bottles. Now, they can also participate through a fund.</p>