Technology

As money pours into private credit funds, will there be enough borrower demand?
As money pours into private credit funds, will there be enough borrower demand?
ASIA’S rapid economic growth and recovering deals pipeline should keep private credit funds supplied with plenty of borrowers, industry players said, amid a growth in lending appetite. But not...
Randy Travis releases new music with the help of AI after a stroke
For the first time since suffering a stroke, Randy Travis has released new music — with the help of artificial intelligence.The country star’s latest single, “Where That Came From,”...
AI risks to financial stability are already a central bank worry
AI risks to financial stability are already a central bank worry
DANGERS to financial stability posed by the development of artificial intelligence (AI) tools are already starting to become a worry, two central bank chiefs told a conference on Tuesday...
Apple unveils new AI-focused chip in upgraded iPad Pro models
Apple unveils new AI-focused chip in upgraded iPad Pro models
APPLE on Tuesday (May 7) introduced a new chip called the M4 that it said would outclass personal computers designed for artificial intelligence – but put the new chip...
US: Wall Street opens slightly higher on rate cut optimism
US: Wall Street opens slightly higher on rate cut optimism
US stock indexes opened slightly higher on Tuesday (May 7), with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq extending gains for a fourth straight session, buoyed by expectations that the Federal...
Over S6,000 spent to store, maintain, safeguard assets in money laundering case 
Over S$646,000 spent to store, maintain, safeguard assets in money laundering case 
THE police have incurred about S$646,282 in costs as at March 2024 relating to the storage, maintenance and safeguarding of assets seized in Singapore’s largest anti-money laundering case, said...
US dollar inches up; Aussie, yen slide
US dollar inches up; Aussie, yen slide
THE US dollar inched higher on Tuesday (May 7) while the yen slipped as wide interest rate differentials weighed, despite fresh warnings from Japanese officials following two rounds of...
South-east Asia increasingly used 
for illicit money flows, 
terrorist financing: US Treasury official 
South-east Asia increasingly used for illicit money flows, terrorist financing: US Treasury official 
EVIDENCE has surfaced to show that countries in South-east Asia are being used by the likes of Russia and Iran, and their proxies, for illicit money flows and terrorist...
UCLA detectives use Jan. 6 tactics to find masked mob who attacked pro-Palestinian camp
It is shaping up to be perhaps the biggest case in the history of the UCLA Police Department: how to identify dozens of people who attacked a pro-Palestinian camp...
Japan’s Nikkei closes at 3-week high on US rate-cut outlook, tech boost
Japan’s Nikkei closes at 3-week high on US rate-cut outlook, tech boost
Japan’s Nikkei share average jumped more than 1 per cent on Tuesday (May 7), as investor sentiment brightened on higher bets of US interest rate cuts this year, while...