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Singapore to pilot platform next year to speed up insurance claims: MAS

SINGAPORE is building a platform to speed up insurance claims, nudging the insurance sector to digitalise the claims process.

Tech inclusion will ensure that no one is left behind: analysts

Tech inclusion will ensure that no one is left behind: analysts

THE pace of digital revolution has picked up amid the Covid-19 havoc as disruptive technologies give rise to new business models and jobs in Singapore.

MAS nudges financial firms on local high-tech skills transfers

MAS nudges financial firms on local high-tech skills transfers

It urges employers to look at hiring mid-career Singaporean professionals looking to switch industries too

SFF x Switch 2020 Ep 4: MAS' Ravi Menon previews the 2020 Singapore FinTech festival

SFF x Switch 2020 Ep 4: MAS' Ravi Menon previews the 2020 Singapore FinTech festival

In this final part of the series, listen to BT banking and finance editor Jamie Lee's full interview with Mr Menon about the Covid-19 pandemic's effect on the Singapore FinTech Festival and the local ...

SFF x Switch 2020 Ep 3: How the Singapore FinTech Festival adapted to Covid-19

SFF x Switch 2020 Ep 3: How the Singapore FinTech Festival adapted to Covid-19

In this third episode, BT's banking and finance editor Jamie Lee talks to Mr Menon about how the Singapore FinTech Festival has evolved over five editions annually, and how it has adapted for the curr...

SFF x Switch 2020 Ep 2: Tech boom in the Covid-19 era

SFF x Switch 2020 Ep 2: Tech boom in the Covid-19 era

In this second episode, BT's banking and finance editor Jamie Lee talks to Mr Menon about how financial technology unexpectedly grew in demand and provided new jobs amid a pandemic.

SFF x Switch 2020 Ep 1: New digital banks to jazz up Singapore

SFF x Switch 2020 Ep 1: New digital banks to jazz up Singapore

In this first episode, BT's banking and finance editor Jamie Lee sounds out MAS MD Ravi Menon on the excitement over digital banks.

Revolut plans commission-free stock trading in Singapore

Revolut plans commission-free stock trading in Singapore

Fintech firm looking to offer wealth management services, including stock, cryptocurrency and commodities trading

Trust in technology has to be earned, not claimed, says Microsoft chief

Trust in technology has to be earned, not claimed, says Microsoft chief

DISRUPTIONS from the pandemic could accelerate tech adoption by financial services, but trust in technology has to be "earned, not claimed", said Microsoft's chief executive Satya Nadella.

Pandemic, though terrible, helped push digital financial revolution: Bill Gates

Pandemic, though terrible, helped push digital financial revolution: Bill Gates

THE Covid-19 pandemic is supercharging the digital revolution and presenting regulators with an opportunity to narrow financial inequities in their countries, said Bill Gates.