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By Amanda Oon • Dec 01, 2021
While some startup entrepreneurs enjoy venture capitalist backing and government support in Singapore’s innovation-friendly ecosystem, other small businesses struggle with onerous audit processes and competition for talent
By Amanda Oon • Dec 01, 2021
The Singaporean revenue-based financing platform is backing small businesses traditionally overlooked by venture capitalist investors and banks
By Govi Snell • Nov 18, 2021
Weak government regulation to manage debt amidst Covid-19 has left borrowers in the lurch as formal loan companies use strong-arm tactics
By Mark S. Cogan • Nov 15, 2021
The apocalyptic drama draws parallels with Thai residents and migrant workers who are drowning in debt and living in desperation
The general manager of mobile payments platform Boku describes how financial technology is supporting small merchants and unbanked consumers
By Amanda Oon • Nov 08, 2021
After 18 months of Covid border controls, overseas tourists began pouring into Bangkok and the holiday island of Phuket on Monday as Thailand kickstarted its tourism industry
By Lisa Martin and Dene-Hern Chen/AFP • Nov 01, 2021
The Singapore leader of one of the world’s largest sporting goods retailers looks at life in the Lion City in an increasingly digital world and how to keep sport sustainable and socially conscious.
By Amanda Oon • Nov 01, 2021
Laotian police found 55 million methamphetamine pills in the back of a beer truck, making it Asia's biggest-ever single seizure of illegal drugs
By Agence France-Presse • Oct 28, 2021
Hotels, street food carts and tuk-tuks are gearing up for the return of tourists to Bangkok as it prepares to welcome international tourists
By Sophie Deviller and Pitcha Dangprasith/AFP • Oct 27, 2021
After a decrease in positive coronavirus cases and an increase in vaccinations, the Philippines will allow cinemas and gyms to reopen in the capital Manila
By Agence France-Presse • Oct 14, 2021
Former police station chief, Thitisan Utthanaphon, nicknamed "Joe Ferrari" brings police corruption in Thailand to the spotlight following the leak of spine-chilling footage of a brutal interrogation gone wrong
By Pathom Sangwongwanich and Sophie Deviller/AFP • Sep 22, 2021
Southeast Asia has emerged as a new haven for Chinese tech companies. But domestic pressure and international relations present lingering questions for internet firms eyeing the region
By Yutong Niu • Sep 21, 2021