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Google launches new digital payment experience in Singapore, after India
Customers of DBS, OCBC and Standard Chartered can now link their bank accounts to Google Pay to pay anyone in Singapore through PayNow.
Supreme Court ruling sets stage for adoption of Bitcoin economy in India
The idea of making transactions with various types of cryptocurrencies has taken the world by storm. However, it presents its own set of...
British-Indian minister Alok Sharma announces government investment to tackle space debris
United Kingdom's Indian-origin Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Alok Sharma confirmed a GBP 1-million...
Facebook to give SGD4.75 million in grants to small businesses in Singapore
Facebook Singapore will be providing SGD 4.75 million in grants to businesses in the country that have experienced challenges due to the...
Honouring Indian-American astronaut Kalpana Chawla, US company names spacecraft after her
United States' aerospace, defence, and security company Northrop Grumman has named its NG-14 Cygnus spacecraft after NASA Indian-American...
India, US, Israel to cooperate in developing 5G technology: US official
India, Israel and the United States have begun collaboration in developmental area, and in next generation of emerging technologies,...
Biotech firm based in India, UK wins Roddenberry Prize, named after 'Star Trek' creator
An India and United Kingdom-based genomics biotech company is among four worldwide projects that won the first-ever USD 1-million 2020...
StarHub brings early trial access of 5G to customers free of charge
Telecommunications company StarHub is the first in Singapore to unleash 5G services for customers, starting Tuesday, August 18.
COVID-19 made Smart Nation initiative even more crucial: Balakrishnan
The COVID-19 pandemic has made Singapore's Smart Nation initiative even more crucial, said Minister-in-Charge of the Smart Nation Initiative...
Singapore announces transformation roadmap for training and adult education sector
Singapore has announced a slate of new initiatives to accelerate the transformation of the country's Training and Adult Education (TAE)...
Grab Financial Group is expanding its consumer ecosystem through a series of new financial services and products – including a...
This year, Singapore FinTech Festival (SFF) x Singapore Week of Innovation & TeCHnology (SWITCH) will expand to become the world’s first...
DBS collaborates with CPF in industry first, to empower Singaporeans in retirement planning
In a first-of-its-kind collaboration between the Central Provident Fund (CPF) Board and a bank, DBS is introducing a retirement planning...
DBS to pilot SingPass facial verification technology for signing up of banking services
DBS has partnered with the Government Technology Agency of Singapore (GovTech) to pilot the latter’s innovative SingPass Face Verification...
55 Mediacorp classics to stream on Netflix from August 1
From August 1, a multilingual medley of Mediacorp content in English, Chinese, Malay and Tamil will be displayed in a dedicated...
NTU and Google Cloud develop virtual assistant to help address freshmen queries
Nanyang Technological University (NTU) has rolled out a new virtual assistant powered by Google Cloud to help some 6,000 incoming freshmen...
Singapore launches 7 innovation challenges to overcome COVID-19 impact
Singapore has launched a series of seven National Innovation Challenges (NICs) to accelerate innovation efforts and help enterprises develop...
Twitter removes Trump campaign ad following copyright complaint by Linkin Park
Microblogging platform Twitter confirmed that it had removed a campaign video United States President Trump had retweeted over a copyright...
DBS customers can now book and pay for Gojek rides directly through PayLah platform
More than 1.7 million DBS PayLah! users can now book and pay for their Gojek rides directly through the PayLah! platform.
OCBC customers can use SingPass for ibanking login in Singapore's first
OCBC’s 1.8 million digital customers in Singapore are now able to use SingPass Mobile app as an alternative login to access the full suite...
Google's Sundar Pichai announces USD 10 bn investment in India's digital economy sector
Google and Alphabet's Indian-origin CEO Sundar Pichai at the company’s sixth edition of Google for India event announced a ‘Google for...
MAS concludes multi-currency blockchain project, highlights commercial potential
MAS announced the successful conclusion of the fifth and final phase of Project Ubin, a blockchain-based multi-currency payments network...
IMDA launches almost 50 new digital community hubs islandwide
Digital Ambassadors will be stationed at each hub to provide one-to-one assistance on digital skills and knowledge to senior citizens and...
India bans 60 Chinese apps following border dispute
Amid escalating border tensions with China, India’s government has banned nearly 60 Chinese mobile apps, including popular video-sharing...
Vulnerable seniors to receive first batch of physical TraceTogether tokens
The physical TraceTogether tokens aim to help extend the protection provided by digital contact tracing tools to as many people in Singapore...