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RISING interest rates and inflation, as well as the ongoing war in Ukraine, have sent public markets into a tailspin in 2022, and it is especially in such an environment that high net worth individuals (HNWI) should continue allocating investments into private markets to improve the quality of...

A US$35 million hack it suffered earlier this year drove Crypto.com to double down on security. The Singapore-headquartered cryptocurrency exchange said it has been investing in compliance and security to re-establish itself in a sector undergoing a reputational crisis.

WHEN looking at tech companies, the views of a policymaker and an investor can seem at odds with each other – the former focuses on the stability and protection of the broader system, while the latter is looking at profiting off new products and services.

AS DIGITALISATION becomes more prevalent, Ant Group is seeing opportunities in the area of digital payments for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in South-east Asia as they seek to go global.

STRONG public-private partnerships have played a key role in driving efficiencies and reducing costs in the delivery of financial services products, according to Pat Patel, executive director at Elevandi, which is one of the organisers of the Singapore Fintech Festival (SFF).

CRYPTO exchange Okcoin believes customers should do their research to understand the underlying technologies of cryptocurrencies, as it seeks to enable adoption of digital assets in a “responsible and meaningful way”.

SINGAPORE’S Treasury bill (T-bill) with a six-month tenor auctioned on Thursday (Oct 27) reported a cut-off yield of 4.19 per cent per annum – a record high in decades and 42 basis points higher than the 3.77 per cent on the issuance a fortnight ago.

SINGAPORE’S Treasury bill (T-bill) with a six-month tenor auctioned on Thursday (Oct 27) reported a cut-off yield of 4.19 per cent per annum – a record high in decades and 42 basis points higher than the 3.77 per cent on the issuance a fortnight ago.

SINGAPORE’S banking trio are expected to reap substantial gains in the third quarter of 2022, as interest rate hikes finally make themselves felt considerably in the local financing environment.

THE measures newly proposed by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to protect retail cryptocurrency traders offer regulatory clarity in a nascent but risky space. Enforcement measures remain elusive, however, particularly because the crypto industry is one characterised by anonymity.