Entrepreneurship

Singapore’s gold hub plan gets lift with DBS vault expansion
The bank has increased vaulting space as demand from private wealth and institutional clients growsPublished Thu, Sep 17, 2026 · 12:48 PM[SINGAPORE] Singapore’s push to become a major gold...
Analysts back Grab’s Atome buy, even if earnings boost takes time to arrive
[SINGAPORE] Analysts are broadly backing Grab’s phased US$1.5 billion acquisition of regional buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) platform Atome Financial, viewing it as a strategic shortcut to scale digital lending across South-east...
Canada is upping oil flows to Asia, but South-east Asia’s refineries aren’t ready to handle them yet
Although shipments have been limited to Singapore and Brunei, potential lies in Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and Vietnam[SINGAPORE] Canada is ramping up its oil exports to Asia as the Middle...
Gold rises over 1% as investors digest Fed hike, oil rally stalls
The uptick is also due to technical factors, as markets already largely priced in hawkish messagingPublished Thu, Sep 17, 2026 · 08:20 AM — Updated Thu, Sep 17, 2026...
Stock to watch: Ultragreen.ai
[SINGAPORE] The following company saw new developments that may affect trading of its securities on Thursday (Sep 17): Ultragreen.ai: The group on Wednesday said it is still focused on...
Singapore’s wealth boom is raising the bar for aspiring private bankers
AI and more complex client needs are reshaping the skills young talent needs, industry players say[SINGAPORE] Singapore’s growing wealth-management sector is raising the bar for aspiring private bankers, as...
Fed’s Warsh lays out forces driving up bond yields
He said economic strength and surging capital expenditures have increased the competition for capitalPublished Thu, Sep 17, 2026 · 06:27 AM[NEW YORK] Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh suggested on...
US stocks: Wall Street ends lower after Fed hikes interest rates, sees more tightening ahead
Published Thu, Sep 17, 2026 · 05:57 AM[NEW YORK] US stocks whipsawed lower on Wednesday (Sep 16) after the Federal Reserve raised its key interest rate for the first...
Pricing Strategy Gets Harder as Input Costs Climb
Clothing prices in the United States are set to climb this autumn as the people who make and sell clothes push higher energy, factory and freight bills down the...
AI Agents for Business Keep Stalling at Your Books
A Brussels company called Chift closed a 10.5 million euro Series A on Monday. BlackFin Capital Partners wrote the lead cheque, joined by earlier backers Entourage, Shapers, Seeder Fund...
Google AI Overviews Will Start Paying for Your Content
Google has begun paying select publishers when their work meaningfully feeds an AI answer, according to a Digiday report surfaced Monday. The pilot covers AI Overviews, AI Mode, Gemini...
Working Capital Loan Demand Pulls In a $300M Package
Hong Kong fintech Qupital disclosed a $300 million capital package this week. The money arrives in two shapes: Series C equity, which M Capital led, and asset-backed commitments put...