Digitalisation

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Fewer delays, more secure transactions: How interoperable digital documents are speeding up cross-border trade

Using public blockchain and cryptographic standards, open-source TradeTrust allows electronic bills of lading to be securely issued, verified and transferred in a decentralised framework

Senior Minister of State for Finance Jeffrey Siow, in the ministry’s Committee of Supply debate on Feb 26, said the move will bring about 90,000 more businesses onto the InvoiceNow network.
SINGAPORE BUDGET 2026

Budget 2026: GST-registered businesses must submit digital invoices via InvoiceNow by April 2031

The onboarding will be carried out progressively, prioritising smaller businesses

A digital bridge is rapidly connecting rural communities across Asia's hinterlands. The next half-billion Internet users will mostly come from Asia's villages and small towns in the next few years.

Galloping across the digital bridge: rural Asia’s ‘fire horse’ transformation

The momentum behind the region’s digital bridge is now unmistakable

On the whole, Budget 2026 plays to Singapore’s clear strengths while exemplifying the country’s focused strategy for a new era of growth.
COMMENTARY

Budget 2026: Accelerating Singapore’s growth in a fragmented world

As global trade fractures, Budget 2026 doubles down on AI integration while reinforcing the social compact

Singapore's strengths are in its role as a trusted hub for finance, digital trade and resilience, among others.

Budget 2026: Scaling Singapore businesses’ global footprint amid rising risks

Navigating a more fractured trade environment requires a closer partnership between policy, capital and corporate enterprise

Smart Nation Singapore should not wait until the next generation has chosen other wealth centres to prepare for electronic wills.
THE BOTTOM LINE

Modernising wills for a smart nation

Singapore’s reputation as a wealth management centre would benefit from this move

Improvements from the investment will mostly be implemented in GE Aerospace's three main locations in Singapore, including its component repair facility in Loyang (pictured).

GE Aerospace to inject US$300 million to boost Singapore engine repair business with EDB support

The move will focus on AI, automation and digitalisation to raise productivity and turnover

Amid the tides of digital transformation, broadcasters can, and should, innovate without sacrificing quality and public-mindedness, says the writer.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Radio in the digital age: preserving connection amid transformation

The radio ecosystem must seek a balance between commercial imperatives and public-interest objectives

Satyaki Banerjee, group CEO of Luxasia, wants the company to stay entrepreneurial and agile, while investing in transformation and technology.

Luxasia: The name behind big luxury brands’ presence in Apac, from Hermes to La Prairie

The distributor plans to expand its reach, adopt more technologies

It is not illogical to believe that in the short term, AI could actually wind up displacing a lot of the jobs as we know them.

Reinventing finance in the digital age

AI is changing how banks operate and displacing jobs – a profound shift in skills and ethical guardrails is needed