start-ups

SINGAPORE (March 29): A higher proportion of employees across Singapore, Hong Kong and Malaysia (37%) are considering leaving their current job to start on their own business compared to the global average of 28%.

SINGAPORE (Nov 22): OCBC Bank has launched a new current account that is targeted at the 50,000 startups that are established every year.

SINGAPORE (Nov 16): The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced that it has published the “regulatory sandbox” guidelines for financial technology (fintech) experiments after public consultations and learning points from other sandboxes.

SINGAPORE (Nov 15): Insurance company MetLife has launched Collab, a three-month insurance technology accelerator programme that aims to support “product ready” start-ups as part of its wider fintech push.

SINGAPORE (Nov 7): Bank of New York (BNY) Mellon is opening its eighth Innovation Center on Nov 17 in Singapore, in conjunction with the Singapore Fintech Festival.

SINGAPORE (Aug 24): Even as the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) tries to grow the emerging fintech sector, it is recognising that regulators such as themselves can pick up a new skill or two in keeping pace with changes within the financial industry

SINGAPORE (Aug 4): OCBC and UOB, two of the three leading local banks, this week made more strides working with start-ups in the emerging financial technology (fintech) space.

SINGAPORE (July 20): More Singaporeans are looking to pursue careers in start-ups, according to the results of Career Builder Singapore’s Employer of Choice 2016 Survey, which 1,837 respondents took part in over the course of March 26 to May 22 this yea

SINGAPORE (June 29): Singtel on Wednesday launched its Future Makers programme to help Singapore entrepreneurs and start-ups looking to make impactful changes to society.