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After a record-breaking year 2021, global funding is slowing dramatically in 2022 with fintech companies raising a total of US$108 billion in H1 2022, data from KPMG show. But despite the current global slowdown, Singapore has nevertheless managed to weather the tumultuous market conditions rather well, with fintech funding remaining strong. Moving forward, the momentum

The groundswell of digitalisation that forced whole industries and services online in 2020 during the early onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, only continued growing in 2021 despite the return to office-based work and vaccine rollouts across the globe. Corporations, SMEs, and end users alike, having tasted the widespread benefits of e-commerce, digital payments, and other

The financial hubs are in a strong position thanks to their early adoption of cryptocurrency regulations and infrastructure says a leading European academic.   The UAE and Singapore have been singled out by a leading European academic for taking the lead on cryptocurrency regulations. “Given the track record of these hubs in digital transformation and

India’s manufacturing sector expanded in the month of May and ‘sustained strong growth’ despite historically high inflation, according to a survey. The seasonally adjusted S&P Global India Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) was at 54.6 in May, little-changed from 54.7 in April. It said factory output was boosted by jump in international orders, which was the

Technology in Australian healthcare is evolving rapidly, which is improving outcomes for patients and opening up new opportunities for nurses. From capital cities to regional outposts, information technology (IT) and data management are becoming as important as traditional nursing skills for managing patient care. With insights from James Cook University, Deloitte Access Economics has highlighted

APAC Business Headlines has chosen Regtank, a one-stop RegTech solution provider, as Singapore’s Most Innovative Blockchain Company of 2022 in their recent special Blockchain edition. Regtank is the only company in Singapore to have garnered this recognition for their achievements in their innovative blockchain practices and be part of APAC Business Headline’s Most Innovative Blockchain Companies from

KEY POINTS “The Singapore labor market is definitely moving towards, or has been looking at tangible aspects of the deal — pay and benefits — as a major competitive battleground,” said Lewis Garrad of Mercer. Beyond pay increments, companies in Singapore are also making other adjustments in the form of mental health benefits, bonuses, flexible

After setting up its presence in four APAC nations, Huawei Cloud Will also be introduced in Indonesia this year, with access points to be deployed in Philippines, Vietnam, India, Japan, and South Korea. Huawei pledged to increase its commitments in the Asia Pacific as the Chinese telecom giant expressed optimism about prospects in the region.

National University Health System (NUHS), a leading academic health system in Singapore that attends to more than one million patients each year, has deployed TIBCO AI solutions to improve healthcare practices and outcomes, enabling clinical practitioners to make faster, more accurate diagnoses and precise treatments. In Singapore, the National University Health System (NUHS) is no