Key takeawaysMAS has expanded Ripple’s MPI license, allowing the company to offer a much wider range of regulated payment services and marking a notable regulatory milestone for the company’s …
Ripple’s Singapore Expansion: How MAS Approval Could Drive XRP to $4 by Q2 2026
Ripple’s expanded Singapore license opens pathways for XRP to $4 by Q2 2026. MAS approval drives institutional adoption across Southeast Asia.
A Simple Guide to Decoupling Property in Singapore: Legal Ways to Avoid ABSD
Buying a second property may be a dream come true to many, but in Singapore, it also means having to pay the hefty Additional Buyer’s Stamp Duty (ABSD). The ABSD for Singapore Citizens (SCs) buying a …
Malaysia: Down, but not out
With the Malaysian ringgit falling 30 percent against the Singapore dollar, an uncertain economy, and the political scandal affecting Prime Minister Najib Razak, many Singaporeans are left wondering …
Chemistry AI startup ChemLex raises US$45 million, sets up global HQ in Singapore
The funds will be used to hire more hardware and software engineers as well as chemists in the city-state Read more at The Business Times.
China’s ChemLex unveils in Singapore an AI-powered drug discovery lab run by robots
The mix of AI and robotics can collect enough data in one day that takes conventional labs 3 years. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Singapore, Mexico business chambers ink deal to help local firms expand overseas
The Singapore Business Federation and its Mexican counterpart COMCE have inked a new agreement that will give companies in Singapore more opportunities to work with Mexican firms and expand into …
Singapore, Mexico business chambers ink deal to help local firms expand overseas
The Singapore Business Federation and its Mexican counterpart COMCE have inked a new agreement that will give companies in Singapore more opportunities to work with Mexican firms and expand into …
Sale of S$50mil Singapore building linked to Cambodian scam tycoon removed three days after listing
SINGAPORE: The sale of a 32,000 sqft commercial building in the crosshairs of an ongoing money laundering probe in Singapore and the United States has been taken down just three days after it was …
Are Singapore’s investment giants being left behind?
Temasek and GIC are integral to the finances of the south-east Asian city-state. But recent returns have compared unfavourably with many global peers …