Tag "Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA)"
IMDA, MAS and ADGM Complete World’s First Digital Trade Financing Pilot
Singapore’s Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA), the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) have successfully concluded the world’s first cross-border digital trade financing pilot of its kind. Commercial
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Grab Creates 350 Jobs to Bolster Its Financial Services in South East Asia
As part of its regional hiring efforts, Grab expects to create around 350 new jobs in Singapore this year to support its growth plans. These include the expansion of products and services to support the digitalisation of micro SMEs, the
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Australia Begins Blockchain Trial With Singapore for Cross Border Trade
The Australian Border Force (ABF) begins a blockchain trial for cross border trade with Singapore’s Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA). This partnership is in line with the bilateral Australia-Singapore Digital Economy Agreement. A trial was launched on 23 November with
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How Singapore Measures Up To The Latest Fintech Buzzword: Artificial Intelligence
It’s been quite a few years since huge parts of our lives have ported over to digitalisation, and almost by accident, many organisations have accumulated swaths of data that they’ve more recently just realised could be turned into valuable analytics.
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innovfest unbound 2018 in Singapore Event Wrap Up
innovfest unboundSoutheas 2018, one of Asia’s largest innovation festival, wrapped up the fourth edition of its annual two-day event at Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Centre in Singapore this week. The event, jointly organized by Unbound and NUS Enterprise, the entrepreneurial arm
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A Blockchain Challenge For Singapore to Boost Innovation and Adoption Beyond Fintech
The Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) launched a Blockchain Challenge to accelerate the development and adoption of innovative new solutions using blockchain technologies beyond fintech. Blockchain is a form of distributed ledger technology, with the potential to accelerate Singapore’s transformation
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Strengthening the AI Finance Ecosystem in Singapore
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is collaborating with the Economic Development Board (EDB), Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) and Institute of Banking and Finance (IBF) to accelerate the adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Singapore’s financial sector. The collaboration
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The Singapore Academy of Law Launches Future Law Innovation Programme
The Singapore Academy of Law (SAL) launched its Future Law Innovation Programme (FLIP), a two-year pilot programme to encourage the adoption of technology, drive innovation and create a vibrant ecosystem for legal technology. FLIP was announced last July by Chief
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Landmark Partnership to Level Up Skills for Singaporeans to seize FinTech Jobs
The Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) and Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), together with SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG), six local universities, and five financial associations, sealed a landmark Memorandum of Intent (MOI) for the TechSkills Accelerator (TeSA) FinTech Collective on 16 November 2017, to jointly develop industry-ready professionals
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Proof-of-Concept on ASEAN’s first industry Know Your Customer Blockchain Bank Project
OCBC Bank, HSBC and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), together with the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA), has become the first consortium in South East Asia to successfully complete a proof-of-concept for a Know Your Customer (KYC) blockchain. This development
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