Singapore commits S$48 million to digital content and AI capability programme
IMDA says the four-year programme will support digital content development, new formats and AI-assisted workflows for Singapore media professionals and companies.
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Singapore launches AI fluency path for 60,000 accountancy and finance professionals
IMDA and ISCA have launched AIxAccountancy, a free two-phase programme tied to a three-year ambition to upskill 60,000 accountancy and corporate-finance professionals.
M1’s $0.99 roaming launch puts China and multi-market travel back on Singapore telecom watchlists
M1 says its new Worldwide Daily Passport gives customers 3GB of roaming data for $0.99 per 24 hours across 78 destinations, including China and other key Singapore travel corridors.
Bitdeer’s Nevada plant adds a Singapore-linked AI hardware manufacturing signal to the infrastructure watchlist
Bitdeer says it has broken ground on a US$36 million advanced electronics manufacturing facility in Nevada, extending a Singapore-headquartered AI and bitcoin-infrastructure player further into hardware production.
Temasek’s 15% AI target puts Singapore capital deeper into the infrastructure and software stack
Temasek says AI-related exposure currently represents 6% of portfolio value and that it aims to increase this to up to 15% by 2031 across the value chain.
Sunrate’s rebrand sharpens the cross-border payments and treasury stack story
Sunrate says its new brand identity keeps global payments, treasury solutions and platform scale at the center of its next growth phase.
Swift’s 17-bank tokenised-payments pilot puts Singapore banks on the cross-border watchlist
Swift says its blockchain-based ledger is ready for initial use, with DBS, OCBC and UOB among 17 banks preparing to pilot live cross-border transactions using tokenised deposits.
HSBC survey puts Singapore wealth AI use into the adviser-workflow debate
A July 10 TNGlobal article says 76% of Singapore mass affluent and high-net-worth investors use AI for finance and investment, while still looking to human advisers before final decisions.
NCS puts Chinese open AI models on Singapore enterprise watchlists
ComputerWeekly reports that NCS is seeing Singapore organisations consider Chinese open-weight AI models for cost, control and deployment flexibility.
RedDoorz puts Singapore IPO talk back on the travel-tech watchlist
Skift reports that RedDoorz is targeting a 2027 Singapore Exchange listing, making the hospitality platform a market-monitor item for travel technology, acquisitions and capital-market timing.
Salesforce survey puts Singapore’s AI adoption gap on enterprise watchlists
Salesforce says Singapore desk workers are less sceptical about AI than peers in several major markets, but only 6% use AI as a core part of daily work.
SMU’s capital-markets initiative puts Asian financing shifts on the policy-research agenda
SMU’s new Singapore Capital Markets Initiative gives Southeast Asia a research and policy signal around private markets, market infrastructure and capital formation.