Archive
3 Alternative Ways for Singapore SMEs to Get Funding
Singapore’s economy faced strong headwinds in 2016 and most key business indicators and economists have expressed pessimism for 2017. The Singapore economy is “in for a tough period that will last for a while,” said deputy prime minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam in
Read More
Traditional Insurance Companies Forced By Insurtech To Innovate In 2017
The insurance industry had given us amenities that we take for granted today. For instance, the fire station is the invention of insurance companies. After the Great Fire of London, insurance companies built the modern fire stations to fight fires
Read More
The Hottest Fintech Companies in Singapore in 2017
Singapore has had quite an amazing year with regard to fintech. The city-state organized the world’s largest fintech event, a number of banks and tech firms opened innovations labs in the country, and the government launched new initiatives and funding
Read More
Digital Finance and Banking Trends for 2017 in Asia
Fintech has further risen in 2016, a year marked by an increase in governments’ support and interest in the field. The regulatory sandbox approach has taken hold in Asia-Pacific. In the third quarter of 2016, Hong Kong launched a regulatory
Read More
Interview with the Founder of Bambu, Asia’s Premier B2B Robo-Advisor Provider
Launched in February last year, Bambu is a Singaporean B2B robo-advisor services provider delivering sophisticated automated online management solutions to financial institutions in Asia. Bambu has developed unique solutions for each segment of the market: a white label platform for financial
Read More
The Pros and Cons to Holding Your Meeting During the Morning or Evening
Meetings are the bane of many an employee’s life, but having to facilitate them can be a nightmare of its very own. Depending on when you schedule them, they can go from bad to unbearable in a relatively short amount
Read More