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CRYPTOCURRENCY and blockchain-related assets are gaining traction among investors, both retail and institutional. Although state investor Temasek is expressing interest in these areas, it is opting to focus on the “highest-quality projects”, managing director of blockchain investments Pradyumna Agrawal said. 

AS Asia-Pacific businesses grow to serve a growing market of customers, their spending on procurement has increased in tandem. Yet, the settlement process for most procurements remains inefficient.

THE next time you visit a UOB branch, don’t be surprised if you are routed to the wealth banking queue without explicitly seeking the service. It might be the effect of the bank’s “network net-worth wealth model”.

GREAT ideas are driven by great communities. Darian McBain knew that, which is why she set out to find other like-minded people when she moved to Singapore last year to lead sustainability at the country’s central bank.

THE Housing Development Board (HDB) has launched a new five-year green senior bond with a coupon rate of 4.09 per cent per annum, with an issue size capped at S$1.2 billion, according to a Bloomberg report on Tuesday (Oct 18).

FRANKLIN Templeton has hired Rahul Bhalla as its new head of Asia ETF (exchange-traded funds) distribution. The move marks the global investment firm’s foray into the Asian ETF market, it said in a press statement on Tuesday (Oct 18).

SMALL and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) can now get access to up to S$300,000 of working capital through DBS’ new artificial intelligence (AI) driven solution, which was launched on Tuesday (Oct 18).

THE growing number of climate fintech companies around the world in recent years has helped enable and accelerate the global financial sector towards a more sustainable future.

IT may not be the best-known Swiss private bank in Asia, but Lombard Odier is steadily increasing its presence in the region via strategic local alliances, as well as by growing its Singapore-based management team.

The Association of Banks in Singapore (ABS) on Friday (Oct 14) launched a new set of guidelines to help private banks integrate sustainability into their business models and practices.