Singapore's economy grew 5.9% in the second quarter of 2026 from a year earlier, surpassing the advance estimate of 5.7%, and the Trade Ministry raised its full-year growth forecast to 4.5%–5.5% from …
Singapore's sovereign wealth funds Temasek and GIC announced in July they will increase investments in artificial intelligence, while the Monetary Authority of Singapore expressed caution about the ri…
Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) managing director Chia Der Jiun flagged the artificial intelligence investment boom as a massive, looming uncertainty for global financial stability during his sp…
OCBC will use an agentic AI platform called Helios to cut wealth client onboarding time to 15 business days, down from the current industry median of about six weeks. The platform, built by the bank's…
The Monetary Authority of Singapore directed banks to report cryptoasset exposures and engage on prudential treatment before a full Basel-aligned framework takes effect on January 1, 2027, and propose…
Singapore's economic growth should remain firm in the second half of 2026, but the sustainability of the AI investment boom is a major uncertainty, according to Monetary Authority of Singapore Managin…
Chia Der Jiun, Managing Director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore, warned on June 17 at the Lujiazui Forum that the global economy's heavy reliance on AI investment creates a fragility that mark…
Singapore's central bank warned that the global artificial intelligence boom could pose economic risks if it falters, citing cyber security threats from AI models and quantum computing. The Monetary A…
The sustainability of the artificial intelligence investment boom has become a key risk to global growth and financial stability, said Chia Der Jiun, managing director of the Monetary Authority of Sin…
Banks in Singapore, including DBS, OCBC and UOB, are deploying agentic AI systems that can autonomously plan and execute complex tasks across wealth advisory, client onboarding, KYC, compliance and op…
HSBC announced plans to establish a Global AI Centre of Excellence in Singapore, aiming to recruit more than 100 AI specialists by the second half of 2026. The center will focus on customer wealth enh…
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) said on Monday that the Iran conflict has primarily affected Singapore's inflation rather than growth, and any growth drag will be outweighed by a boost from …
Private-sector economists expect the Monetary Authority of Singapore to keep monetary policy unchanged in July, after core inflation rose to 1.6% in June from 1.4% in May but undershot the median fore…
Coinbase is cutting about 14% of its global workforce, roughly 700 jobs, while simultaneously expanding in Singapore, where it opened a new office at One Raffles Quay on July 22, 2026, and plans to gr…
Meta hired Assaf Keren as its new chief information security officer from Qualtrics and PayPal, replacing Guy Rosen who announced his departure in June after 13 years. Keren said he would focus on bui…
The CEO of Dubai's Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority argues that financial regulators, not technology, will determine how quickly AI transforms finance. Regulators must build new supervisory tools f…
David Hardoon, Standard Chartered's former global head of AI enablement, has joined Accenture as managing director and head of advanced AI for Southeast Asia. The move reflects growing demand for AI e…