The Daily Scan (Singapore)

Singapore home sales drop to five-month low

Global tariff tensions weighing on demand

Singapore offers $500K to boost in-house AI

Includes funding for 70% of consultancy and cloud usage costs, capped at S$105,000

Singapore sees 1500% surge in Deepfake fraud

Healthtech and fintech see 723% and 116% growth in fraud

AI Boosts Revenue/Employee by 3x

Wages are growing 2x faster in AI-exposed industries

S'pore bankers earn 27% less than Indian peers

Also, Singapore Airlines speeds up product development by 44% with GenAI

$1B Lost to Bad Customer Service in SG

Singaporean customers spend 40 million hours on hold due to inefficient customer service

94% of S'pore businesses use AI for customer data

Singapore’s Temasek cuts back on start-up investments

Plus, cybersecurity certifications a must for government contracts

Singapore manufacturing contracts again

Second contraction following 19 months of expansion

Singapore luxury home sales grow 44.6%

Also, Singapore hedge fund benefits from geopolitical volatility

Singapore GDP down; Freight traffic up

Also, Singapore is India’s top FDI source for 7th year in a row

Singaporeans hate Chatbots!

WhatsApp is not the most preferred channel either