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Fintech, consumer, and retail amongst top top-funded sectors with women-founded startups.

Still, achieving gender parity in key leadership roles remains challenging.

The $100 amount is the most popular e-angpao amount this year.

Should the directive be implemented, selected MNEs will be subject to a global minimum tax of 15%.

The pay-per-minute space at Changi Airport has close to 50 hot desking stations and nap pods, allowing travellers to ‘check-in’ at work.

The company reportedly let go of nearly 100 employees early January without notifying the allied workers union.

40% of Southeast Asian companies are carefully optimistic about hiring.

Overall home prices grew by 6.7% in full-year 2023.

About 38% are still experimenting with AI implementation.

Total hours people spent in mobile-first markets reached 5.1 trillion hours total.

Experts expect the country's economy to grow by 2.7% in real terms next year.

It is effective from 1 January 2024 to 31 March.

NETS has a network of about 10 million cards and 130,000 payment touchpoints in Singapore.

Italian trade executive says 9 firms at the Singapore Fintech Festival 2023 exemplify the diverse range of products and expertise Italy can bring to the table.

Participants came from over 150 countries and regions, from just 115 in 2022.

Data.ai’s figures also showed that this is a 6% increase compared to the past quarter.