Debt funding for S-E Asia startups ticks up as it gets tough to raise money via exits, equity

A Singaporean who will argue over a 50-cent difference in cashback at a hawker centre may have no idea what their savings account pays. New research suggests that person is...

Many Singapore companies offer a peculiar kind of workplace benefit: one that exists mostly in the HR handbook. Managers will tell you it is there. Employees, asked the same question,...

Global financial ecosystems present a fascinating landscape today, as virtual currencies are in a modest recovery phase. Bitcoin leads this upward trajectory, up 0.94 per cent over the past 24...

Southeast Asia has spent the last decade trying to turn its obsession with play into businesses. Some bets worked spectacularly, some blew up just as spectacularly, and a surprising number...

Young workers in Singapore are not waiting for their employers to roll out AI. They are already using it, often on personal devices and often without anyone watching. According to...

Workplace conflict rarely arrives as a clean set of facts. By the time we decide that a manager is undermining us, a colleague is being deliberately difficult, or someone on...

Southeast Asia has spent the past decade moving rapidly towards a more connected future. Fibre networks have replaced much of the region’s older copper infrastructure, smartphones have become the primary...

In most companies across Singapore and Thailand, the AI policy already exists: drafted, approved and circulated. And yet, somewhere in the same organisation, an employee is pasting a supplier contract...

Google’s new Fitbit Edge combines smartwatch-style features with a fitness band’s lightweight design, while adding a repairable build and up to seven days of battery life.

At M360 ASEAN in Kuala Lumpur last week, the GSMA released its ASEAN Consumer Scam Report 2026. Nearly half of reported scam cases across six markets remain unresolved. Nearly nine...

Pre-orders for Apple’s first foldable iPhone have pushed estimated delivery dates into late January 2027, but it’s unclear whether this reflects strong demand or limited launch inventory.

Chinese memory chip giant ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) saw its shares fall more than 8 per cent in early Monday trading, despite forecasts of strong profits and plans for a...