Blockchain.com gets Singapore licence, second crypto firm to obtain approval this week

SINGAPORE: Blockchain.com, a cryptocurrency exchange backed by investors including Lightspeed Venture Partners, said on Wednesday (Oct 12) that it had received approval from Singapore’s central bank to offer payment services in the country. The announcement came a day after crypto giant Coinbase said it had also received the same approval. This bringsContinue Reading

SK hynix wins key reprieve in US chip war on China

SEOUL – Washington will exempt top-tier South Korean chipmaker SK hynix from certain US export controls imposed last week on sending high-technology equipment to China, according to a company disclosure revealed today (October 12). The one-year exemption will come as a huge relief for SK hynix, the number-two memory player in both South Korea and […]Continue Reading

Amidst the Great Resignation, is HR Tech a panacea

Minimising drudgery of HR work via automation fosters positive experiences
Seamless, user-friendly HR experience, a must to attract & retain the best The Covid-19 pandemic has certainly led to a new group of terms added to management lexicon – Hybrid Work, WFH, Zoom Fatigue, Quiet Quitting and The Great Resignation among them.
At…Continue Reading

China-Japan relations as cause for hope not despair

SEOUL – The 50th anniversary of the establishment of China-Japan diplomatic relations did not cross Haruko Satoh’s radar screen. Granted, such occasions are hardly at the top of everyone’s viewing agenda. But Satoh might have been expected to tune in: She is a professor of international relations at the Osaka School of International Public Policy, […]Continue Reading

Most APAC businesses have adapted to hybrid work: Telstra

Eight in ten organisations are promoting hybrid work Virtual work to increase by 83% despite offices reopening Business decision makers are rethinking their operations and work arrangements to benefit both employers and employees in the hybrid work era, according to Australian telco Telstra.
In a statement, the firm said its report titled…Continue Reading

New US chip ban takes tech war to dire next level

In a major escalation of the US-China tech war, China’s memory chip sector is expected to be particularly hard hit by new export restrictions imposed by the United States, according to Chinese analysts and commentators. That bleak assessment comes after Yangtze Memory Technologies Co (YMTC), China’s top memory chipmaker, and 30 other Chinese “entities” were […]Continue Reading

S’pore’s DBS launches apprenticeship to boost fintech talent

Programme developed in collaboration with Temasek Polytechnic & Nanyang Polytechnic
Programme will contributes to S’pore’s plans to build local fintech talent  As part of efforts under the Techskills Accelerator (TeSA) for ITE and Polytechnics Alliance (TIP Alliance) set up by the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) together with industry partners, DBS announced…Continue Reading