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DBS Upgrades AI Assistants With Agentic Capabilities for Over 10 Million Users
DBS has upgraded its AI virtual assistants with generative AI and agentic capabilities, enabling over 10 million customers across Singapore, Hong Kong and Taiwan to complete banking tasks through natural language conversations rather than navigating menus.
DBS Upgrades AI Assistants to Support Banking Tasks for Over 10 Million Users
Singapore's largest bank is making a bet that feels both obvious and quietly ambitious: that the future of banking isn't a mobile app overhaul, but an AI agent that sits inside it, ready to act. DBS has spent the better part of a decade building AI capabilities — from fraud detection to personalised insights...
Nine in 10 Singaporeans Use AI-Powered Platforms to Manage Finances, MDRT Survey Finds
The divide between how Singaporeans manage their money and how they used to do it is narrowing fast. A new survey from the Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT) finds that nearly nine out of ten people in Singapore now turn to digital platforms — including AI-powered tools — for everything from everyday...
Rising AI Token Costs No Problem for Toku, Says CEO as SGX-Listed Firm Charts Expansion
The narrative around enterprise AI costs has taken a sharp turn in recent months. After years of declining per-token prices, leading model providers like OpenAI and Anthropic have raised their rates, triggering widespread concerns among businesses that had bet big on AI-driven efficiency.
Synapxe Tests AI Tool That Turns Healthier SG Exercise Plans Into Personalised Workouts
Singapore's national healthtech agency Synapxe is testing whether AI can bridge one of preventive care's oldest gaps — getting patients to follow through on what their doctor told them. The tool, called Health Plan AI, takes the exercise target agreed upon during a Healthier SG consultation and turns it into...
HSBC to Open Its First Global AI Centre and Hire Over 200 Staff
HSBC is making its biggest AI bet in Southeast Asia. The London-headquartered banking giant announced plans to open its first global AI centre of excellence in Singapore later this year, committing to hire more than 100 AI specialists and 100 wealth relationship managers in the city-state over the next two...
OpenRouter Could Fetch US$10 Billion in Reported Takeover Talks With Stripe
Singapore-based Fintech News is reporting that Stripe, the global payments giant valued at US$159 billion, is in talks to acquire OpenRouter — an AI model marketplace that gives developers unified access to over 400 models from more than 70 providers. The deal, first reported by The Wall Street Journal,...
7 in 10 Singapore Firms Unprepared for AI-Driven Cyberattacks, Mimecast Study Finds
Singapore organisations are acutely aware of the threat posed by AI-driven cyberattacks — but most are not doing enough to prepare for them. That is the central finding of a new study by cybersecurity firm Mimecast, whose State of Human Risk 2026 report surveyed 500 IT security decision-makers across...
Osome Doubles Down on Singapore as AI Companies Flock to Regional Base
Singapore's pull as a regional hub for artificial intelligence companies is showing no signs of slowing down — and the businesses that help those startups get off the ground are adapting accordingly. Osome, an AI-powered company management platform serving over 50,000 founders globally, announced it is...
AI Is Screening Your Job Applications Before a Human Ever Sees Them. Here's How to Navigate It
If you have applied for a job in Singapore recently, there is a good chance an AI system read your application before any human did. Artificial intelligence has become deeply embedded in the hiring process — drafting job advertisements, sourcing candidates, ranking resumes, scheduling interviews,...
Singapore's AI Boom Triggers Hardware Cost Crunch as DRAM Prices Surge 95%
The GPU-driven demand powering Singapore's data centre boom is constraining the global supply of standard enterprise hardware. DRAM prices have surged nearly 95% in 2026, and local businesses are feeling the squeeze as memory now accounts for more than half the cost of a new server.
Singapore's young workers take on side hustles as AI reshapes the job market
Singapore's young workers are increasingly turning to side hustles — selling clothes on TikTok, running home cafes, flipping Pokemon cards — as AI reshapes the job market and nearly a third say a single salary is no longer enough to survive.