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Singapore Ride-Hailing Giant Grab Plans First Massive Layoffs since Pandemic

Despite expressing positive revenue projections for 2023 and accelerating its profitability timeline in February, Grab is now planning a fresh round of layoffs. Grab Holdings, a Singapore-based ride-hailing and food delivery company, is gearing up for its largest round of layoffs since the pandemic, according to a report by Bloomberg on

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Thailand launches retail CBDC pilot with 2 banks and Singapore payment service

The Bank of Thailand will launch a retail central bank digital currency (CBDC) pilot project in a regulatory sandbox this month. Three payment providers will take part, according to local media. The project will involve up to 10,000 users and run through August.Bank of Ayudhya (Krungsri), Siam Commercial Bank and

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Circle is latest recipient of Major Payment Institution license in Singapore

Circle’s Singapore affiliate, Circle Internet Singapore, has received a Major Payment Institution (MPI) license from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). Circle Singapore received in-principle MPI approval from MAS in November and opened its office in the city-state in May.An MPI license allows Circle to offer digital payment token services

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Crypto.com Secures License from Monetary Authority of Singapore as Payment Institution

Securing this recent license will allow Crypto.com to offer DPT services to a wide range of customers in Singapore. In a major development, Crypto.com announced that it has secured the license of a Major Payment Institution (MPI) from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) for offering Digital Payment Token (DPT) services

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Singapore multi-family office looks to establish a digital bank in Bahrain 

Share Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Telegram Copy Link Link copied Whampoa Group has selected the Kingdom of Bahrain as its intended headquarters to establish a digital bank that would serve crypto companies.  A digital bank for digital asset firms Whampoa Group’s digital bank, which is scheduled to launch

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Researchers in Singapore design new ‘more efficient’ DAO scheme

A team of researchers at the Singapore University of Social Sciences recently conducted an appraisal of existing decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) voting schemes to determine which was most efficient. The researchers ultimately concluded that existing popular voting schemes each had their drawbacks and advantages and that a new paradigm combining what

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