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Get a Singapore Fintech Patent in 6 Months: New FinTech Fast Track Initiative
To support the growth of Singapore’s Fintech sector and help businesses bring their FinTech innovations to the market more rapidly, the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) has launched a new FinTech Fast Track initiative which provides expedited patent application-to-grant
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Oracle Launches Inaugural Financial Services Innovation Summit in Singapore
Oracle Singapore is pleased to be hosting the inaugural Oracle Innovation Summit on May 10th for an audience of the region’s top executives in the Banking and Financial Services (FS) sector. As a nod to the World Bank Group and
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Huawei: Build a Better Connected Platform for Digital Banks
The concept of digital banking is being implemented globally. Leaders of the global banking industry are thinking about how to implement digital transformation in essence. This week, Huawei held the Global Financial Services Industry (FSI) Summit, with the theme “Leading
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Oracle Survey: Incumbent Banks Must Go Digital To Stay Relevant
The era of traditional banking is coming to an end as customers are now demanding banking to be better integrated into their digital lifestyle, providing service that is instant, integrated with social platforms and driven by data, according to a
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Singapore Fintech Startup Silot Raises Pre-Series A Funding from Key Investors
Silot announced its successful completion of pre-series A funding. Silot has raised 2.87 million USD from Arbor Ventures and Eight Roads Ventures. This funding follows just nine months after its initial seed funding from ZhenFund, which marked the angle investor’s first investment
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Latest Fintech Funding Deals In Singapore
In 2017, Singapore hit US$229.1 million of fintech funding, a record mainly attributed to two of Asia’s ten biggest deals taking place in the city-state in the fourth quarter. The deals are the acquisition of Paynear Solutions by e-commerce startup
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Largest Co-Living Space In Southeast Asia Launched
Singapore based co-living startup, Hmlet, is set to launch its second building in Singapore dedicated entirely to co-living. Located in the heart of District 11, Hmlet @ Sarkies, will be the largest co-living space in Southeast Asia. The project is
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Visa Welcomes Kunal Chatterjee as the new Country Manager for Singapore and Brunei
Visa announces the appointment of Kunal Chatterjee as Country Manager for Singapore and Brunei. Kunal has a strong history with Visa having spent the past 10 years with the company serving in a variety of roles. Most recently he has
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Culum Capital announce investment from GTR Ventures
Culum Capital, a Singapore-based receivables and supply chain financing platform, has announced an investment from GTR Ventures, the world’s first investment and venture-building platform specialising in trade and supply chain. The investment will be used to accelerate Culum’s expansion and
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Best Countries in Asia-Pacific for Startups, Singapore top, Vietnam last
The best countries for startups in Asia-Pacific have strong economies, relatively low cost of conducting business, healthy business environments and highly educated populations. Our scoring system is based on available data and each country’s rank across several categories. Lower scores
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