Daily Briefing: Finance app Fincy secures $15.32m from parent GBCI Ventures; AHTC shops and market stalls to get 25% S&CC rebate

15 Jun 2020 - Singapore Business Review
And PCI awarded $6m to supply TraceTogether Tokens. From e27: Singapore-based personal finance app Fincy has secured $15.32m (US$11m) in fresh funding from its parent company GBCI Ventures, a venture building firm. Fincy plans to use the funding for building its presence in Singapore and accelerating ...
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ADC Consortium to build submarine cable connecting APAC

11 Jun 2020 - Singapore Business Review
The cable will be completed by Q4 2022. Asia Direct Cable (ADC) Consortium, which includes Singtel, is building a submarine cable that will connect China (Hong Kong SAR and Guangdong Province), Japan, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. The cable will feature multiple pairs of optical fibres ...
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Frasers Property secures $350m green loan

9 Jun 2020 - Singapore Business Review
This will be Singapore’s first green loan for executive condo development. Frasers Property Limited has secured a $350m green loan through its subsidiary, Fernvale Lane, according to an announcement. This is under the LMA/APLMA Green Loan Principles to finance its Fernvale Lane Executive Condominium ...
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Grab unveils digitalisation programme for small businesses

8 Jun 2020 - Singapore Business Review
It aims to help firms adopt e-payment solutions and expound in its marketing initiatives. Grab has launched its Small Business Booster Programme, which includes tools and initiatives to make it easier for offline businesses to make the shift online, a press release revealed. The programme also aims to ...
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Find out who reigned at SBR Technology Excellence Awards 2020

8 Jun 2020 - Singapore Business Review
Over 50 trophies to be handed out as awards format evolves into digital studio. As the city state gradually reopens, Singapore Business Review, Charlton Media Group’s definitive magazine for Singapore’s business elite, did not let the crisis thwart the second edition of the SBR Technology Excellence ...
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Daily Briefing: Singapore fishery ports to be consolidated; LingoAce nabs $9.77m in series A funding

8 Jun 2020 - Singapore Business Review
Adn Hubble landed $5.02M in Tin Men capital-led series A. From Channel News Asia: Singapore consumers will be able to buy wholesale seafood at a single location in several years' time, amidst a consolidation of the country's fishery ports, according to an announcement from the Singapore Food Agency (SFA). ...
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China can't take US's security role in Southeast Asia: PM Lee

4 Jun 2020 - The Edge Markets
(June 4): The U.S. security presence “remains vital to the Asia-Pacific region,” and China would be unable to take over that role in Southeast Asia even with its increasing military might, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said. In an article published by Foreign Affairs on Thursday, Lee wrote ...
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Grab expands delivery services to include convenience stores and supermarkets across Southeast Asia

4 Jun 2020 - The Edge Markets
(June 4): Grab Holdings Inc., Southeast Asia’s ride-hailing giant, is expanding delivery services from convenience stores and supermarkets across 50 cities in the region. The Singapore-based startup said it has teamed up with 3,000 stores as it accelerates delivery of groceries, toilet paper, packaged ...
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Daily Briefing: FairPrice, WhyQ launch zero-commission food delivery platform; Endofotonics bags $12m series B funding

1 Jun 2020 - Singapore Business Review
And Wiz.ai nabs $8.48m pre-series A funding led by GGV Capital. From Channel News Asia: FairPrice Group and food delivery start-up WhyQ have launched a new digital platform offering islandwide food delivery at zero commission to vendors, according to an announcement. This is said to be in response to ...
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Daily Briefing: CPF, HDB, IRAS to resume operations from 2 June; Kollective Ventures acquires Paktor Group

26 May 2020 - Singapore Business Review
And B Capital, Antler announced collaboration. From Channel News Asia: Selected government service centres will resume operations from 2 June, but will only accommodate customers by appointment, as Singapore exits the COVID-19 circuit breaker period. These include the five Central Provident Fund (CPF) ...
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