Eight public service officers have been referred to Singapore police after a review of 191 officers’ property transactions, Coordinating Minister for Public Services Chan Chun Sing has told parliament. The review followed a working paper by the US-based National Bureau of Economic Research, which identified 2007 to 2011 as the period of concern. The Public Service Division (PSD) extended the scope to 2014 as a matter of prudence, Chan said on Tuesday, because many new MRT station locations...

Selecting a scalable enterprise solution is no longer just an operational choice; it is a core business strategy. For small and medium businesses navigating a highly digitalized economy, legacy architectures fail to meet modern efficiency standards. Integrating advanced automation into financial workflows is crucial for maintaining agility and staying competitive in a rapidly evolving market. […] The post Addressing the Digital Shift – AI Accounting ERP Trend in Singapore appeared first on e27.

When Chinese coffee giant Luckin Coffee moved into the unit next to his neighbourhood cafe in Singapore, Folk Yard owner Chew Yit Shan grew nervous. Luckin launched with an aggressive promotional deal of S$1 (78 US cents) per cup, served in just two minutes. In the first few months following its arrival, Chew saw sales at his independent cafe drop by 15 per cent. But once the initial hype had died down and the promotions ended, Chew said regular patrons returned and coffee sales bounced...

Governments and financial institutions in Southeast Asia urgently need to find a way to safely and quickly share data if they hope to contain a surge in scams, cybersecurity experts warn, as artificial intelligence enables criminal operations in the region to expand their reach rapidly. Criminal enterprises stole as much as US$114 billion from victims across the Asia-Pacific in 2025, according to a United Nations report released in July, more than triple the amount from two years earlier, aided...

She spent some of her teenage years helping her mother at a sundry shop in Malaysia after school, and throughout that period kept a dream of achieving something higher alive. Now, 36-year-old Suriati Sukardi is a pilot, flying AirAsia’s commercial A320 and A321 Airbus aircraft. Before that, she had landed a job as the airline’s flight attendant and served the company for eight years since 2017 while continuing to eye and seek an opportunity to climb further in her career. In 2019, her prayers...

Across Southeast Asia’s technology hubs, engineering leaders are getting used to a new kind of productivity curve. In Singapore, Jakarta, Manila and Ho Chi Minh City, software teams are shipping faster, clearing backlogs more quickly and leaning on AI tools for work that once consumed hours of developer time. The latest shift is not just […] The post The junior developer dilemma: How AI is reshaping tech talent in Southeast Asia appeared first on e27.

East Asia’s crypto market is no longer moving as one bloc. New regional data shows a fragmented landscape where South Korea is trading artificial intelligence-linked tokens at scale, Hong Kong is pulling in institutional capital, Japan’s retail users are quietly moving on-chain, and China’s stablecoin activity is expanding despite official restrictions. The region’s overall crypto […] The post East Asia’s crypto market splits as Korea bets on AI tokens and Hong Kong courts institutions appeared first on e27.

Most AI writing about work still treats the technology like an advanced tool. That framing made sense when AI mainly waited for a prompt, returned an answer, and stopped there. But that is no longer the whole picture. In more organisations, AI is starting to look less like software you use and more like a […] The post AI is starting to behave less like a tool and more like a teammate appeared first on e27.

The tech-led rally on Wall Street pushed the Nasdaq 100 to a record close of 31,076 and lifted the S&P 500 by 0.7 per cent, while the Dow Jones added 91 points, or 0.18 per cent, to close at 51,268. Nvidia gained 2.1 per cent, and Microsoft added 1.5 per cent, powering large-cap advances. Investors […] The post Can Bitcoin defend US$85,000 support, or will weakening bids send it toward US$83,000? appeared first on e27.

The father of 16-year-old Irene Sofiya said he drew comfort from Malaysia’s Queen Raja Zarith Sofiah and her assurance that she would do what she can to help seek justice for his daughter. Mohd Khairool Faisal Khyar, 42, said he deeply appreciated the queen’s concern and words of encouragement during her visit to the family home in Kampung Selamat, Johor, on Monday. “Raja Zarith Sofiah was very considerate and we greatly appreciate what she said to our family during this difficult period for us....