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Startups & Tech

AI isn’t the rival, the person who masters it is: Ant Group CTO

Data centre cpnstruction costs in Singapore grew 5 per cent year-on-year, from US$13.8 to US$14.53 per watt.

Amid the AI boom, Singapore surfaces as the second-most expensive market to construct data centres

On iCapital’s digital platform, clients can rebalance portfolios, access liquidity when needed, and adjust exposure to alternative assets.
Singapore FinTech Festival 2025
Singapore FinTech Festival 2025

How tech can help to democratise alternative assets and unlock liquidity

Fintech solutions that can address the cross-border issues that small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) face can give SMEs “the same global reach once reserved for multinationals”, said Ant International CEO Peng Yang.
Singapore FinTech Festival 2025
Singapore FinTech Festival 2025

Fintech’s next frontier? Inclusion, not just innovation, says one fintech giant

Customers outside China can now pay Weixin Mini Program merchants using the local payment method they prefer.
Singapore FinTech Festival 2025
Singapore FinTech Festival 2025

Tencent aims to lets customers pay globally with their local apps

UOB’s new Innovation Group is leveraging technology and upskilling employees to adapt, as the banking business model evolves.
Singapore FinTech Festival 2025
Singapore FinTech Festival 2025

Bank staff building their own AI bots to help improve productivity

Millions of small and medium-sized enterprises in the region face limited credit access and fragmented payment systems, the company said.
Singapore FinTech Festival 2025
Singapore FinTech Festival 2025

What’s next for SE Asia? Connecting fragmented systems for financial inclusion: Amazon

Over the last decade, Temasek has transformed its financial services portfolio by diversifying beyond banks.
Singapore FinTech Festival 2025
Singapore FinTech Festival 2025

Beyond banks: 4 trends guiding Temasek’s financial services portfolio growth

The Google headquarters in Mountain View, California. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg

Trader’s guide to India’s data centre boom powered by Google, OpenAI

Credit derivatives tied to Meta’s debt traded on Thursday (Oct 30), when the social media giant raised US$30 billion in the biggest US corporate investment-grade bonds offering of the year. That transaction comes after a US$27 billion private bond sale earlier this month to help fund a data centre in Louisiana that Meta will use and partly own. 

Credit derivatives on Meta start trading after big bond sales

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