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How solid, connected financial tech helps SMEs turn into truly global players

What is the future of global finance for ambitious businesses? Howie Lim finds out from Payoneer’s Adam Cohen.

Senior Minister of State for Trade and Industry Low Yen Ling says it is important to build a "vibrant, competitive and future-ready" retail sector amid rapid advances in AI.

EnterpriseSG, IMDA launch refreshed Retail Industry Digital Plan to help retailers adopt AI

The road map aims to address immediate pressures and build resilience for future growth

Eric Leong, co-founder and CEO of Mlion, has built the company by taking on steel projects and markets others were reluctant to enter.
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Eric Leong’s steel ambitions take Mlion beyond Singapore

From BMX parts to steel piles, he built a regional business by going where others would not

Han Keen Juan, executive chairman, Old Chang Kee says he did not build his curry puff empire alone
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From hawker stall to Enterprise Award winner: How Han Keen Juan scaled the Old Chang Kee empire

Four decades after a risky 1986 corporate exit, the executive chairman reflects on OCK’s journey and attributes the enterprise’s success to professional branding and a “no individual heroes” philosoph...

Ravi Menon, Singapore’s ambassador for climate action, says that Green 100 is aimed at making SMEs’ climate action commercially meaningful.

Simplified disclosure programme launched to support SMEs in sustainability reporting

Just five metrics need to be reported under the new Green 100 initiative

Digital payment methods are expected to account for 97% of total e-commerce transactions by 2029, the study has found.

South-east Asia’s e-commerce market to hit nearly US$290 billion by 2029: study

But as digital payments dominate, ‘uneven digital maturity’ is preventing SMEs from capitalising on growth

Ishtara managing director Parthiban Murugaiyan says that rising gold prices have also increased operating costs, prompting the shift towards digitalisation.

Singapore jeweller Ishtara eyes overseas expansion, greater online presence amid gold price rally

It aims to capitalise on the boom to scale operations, tapping both retail demand and investment interest

An ageing population, shifting workforce aspirations and the sheer challenge of running a company have highlighted the issue of leadership succession. 

Higher bar, talent crunch complicate Singapore SMEs’ succession plans

For ageing towkays, finding the right successor may prove harder than before, observers say