Singapore

Singapore, an island city-state off southern Malaysia, is a global financial center with a tropical climate and multicultural population. Its colonial core centers on the Padang, a cricket field since the 1830s and now flanked by grand buildings such as City Hall, with its 18 Corinthian columns. In Singapore's circa-1820 Chinatown stands the red-and-gold Buddha Tooth Relic Temple, said to house one of Buddha's teeth.

(source: en.wikipedia.org)

Grab Poised To Raise $2B In Funding
Grab Poised To Raise $2B In Funding
July 17, 2017  |  Ridesharing

Grab Taxi Holdings, the Singapore ride-hailing company and Uber Technologies’ largest rival in Southeast Asia, is in the processing of raising $2 billion in venture...

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Bicycle, Bicycle — Why People Want To Ride Mobike’s Bicycle
Bicycle, Bicycle — Why People Want To Ride Mobike’s Bicycle
July 17, 2017  |  Mastercard

Bike-sharing has become big business worldwide in a relatively short span of time.  Virtually unheard of even a few years ago, these days there are...

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Poorer Nations Are Teaching Their Richer Counterparts About Cybersecurity
Poorer Nations Are Teaching Their Richer Counterparts About Cybersecurity
July 06, 2017  |  Security & Fraud

A new United Nations (U.N.) survey on cybersecurity found Singapore is taking a close to perfect approach at the same time that rich countries have...

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Visa, Validus Use Visa Virtual Card For Singapore SMEs To Pay Invoices
Visa, Validus Use Visa Virtual Card For Singapore SMEs To Pay Invoices
June 23, 2017  |  B2B Payments

Alternative lending platform Validus is deploying Visa virtual card technology to help small and medium-sized enterprises in Singapore with unpaid invoices access working capital, according...

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Revolut Steps Up Corporate Payments Offering
Revolut Steps Up Corporate Payments Offering
June 14, 2017  |  B2B Payments

Revolut may have made its entrance on the payments stage with a consumer solution, but the company is stepping into the world of corporate finance....

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UnionPay Launches QuickPass QR Code System In Hong Kong, Singapore
UnionPay Launches QuickPass QR Code System In Hong Kong, Singapore
June 07, 2017  |  Payment Methods

UnionPay, the mobile payments company, has made its QuickPass QR code payment system available in Hong Kong and Singapore. According to a report, the first merchants...

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Singaporeans Ditch Cash For Digital Payments
Singaporeans Ditch Cash For Digital Payments
May 18, 2017  |  Payment Methods

The number of consumers in Singapore who prefer electronic payments over cash increased 11 percent in 2016 to 87 percent. That’s according to the 2016 Visa Consumer...

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Alibaba Tracker: Going Global
Alibaba Tracker: Going Global
April 20, 2017  |  International

It’s been awhile since our last edition of Alibaba tracker, and a great deal has happened since then. There’s a lot to get through, so hold...

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Rakuten Invests In Singapore Home Share For Business Travelers
Rakuten Invests In Singapore Home Share For Business Travelers
April 11, 2017  |  Innovation

There’s little doubt that the home share sector is beginning to boom globally among business travelers, with millennials adopting the practice at a greater rate...

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