CLIMATE-change fears in an increasingly digital world have opened up fresh opportunities to marry tech and sustainability to tackle challenges in green finance.
CLIMATE-change fears in an increasingly digital world have opened up fresh opportunities to marry tech and sustainability to tackle challenges in green finance.
MASTERCARD has launched a buy now, pay later (BNPL) commercial card to provide more flexible financing options for small businesses in Asia-Pacific, riding on the global boom of the consumer-oriented BNPL industry that is set to exceed US$1 trillion in annual gross merchandise volume by 2025.
THERE are presently neither strong reasons for or against a retail central bank digital currency (CBDC) in Singapore, Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) chief Ravi Menon said on Tuesday (Nov 9), even as he noted that interest in these digital versions of cash has "risen sharply" in the...
THERE are presently neither strong reasons for or against a retail central bank digital currency (CBDC) in Singapore, Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) chief Ravi Menon said on Tuesday (Nov 9), even as he noted that interest in these digital versions of cash has "risen sharply" in the...
SINGAPORE will set aside an additional S$180 million on top of the S$500 million committed for artificial intelligence (AI) research, said Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat at the Singapore Fintech Festival x Singapore Week of Innovation and Technology 2021.
SINGAPORE payment services firm Nets will integrate Ant Group's cross-border payments solution Alipay+ into its merchant portal, enabling businesses here to accept payments from regional e-wallets.
CUSTOMERS from 8 major banks in Singapore are now able to set up recurring bill payments in real time with 13 organisations, via a new nationwide electronic GIRO (eGIRO) service that fully digitalises the current paper-based process.
THE remittance corridor between Singapore and the Philippines, which totalled S$2.89 billion in 2020, may soon see more seamless cross-border flows as the 2 countries work to connect their real-time and QR payment systems.
CUSTOMERS from 8 major banks in Singapore are now able to set up recurring bill payments in real time with 13 organisations, via a new nationwide electronic GIRO (eGIRO) service that fully digitalises the current paper-based process.









