Let's Talk, Singapore

Synopsis: Every week, The Straits Times analyses the latest developments in the United States.

The Straits Times' US bureau chief Nirmal Ghosh chats with Money FM 89.3's Elliott Danker about the following points:

Analysing the US forces' final phase of leaving Kabul airport and proposed Turkish security management of airport (1:25)

Former president Donald Trump's allegation of potential terrorist dangers posed by those among Afghan refugees (3:30)

What do we know about Islamic State-Khorasan (ISIS-K), the ISIS affiliate? (5:45)

Potential Taleban vs ISIS-K conflict that could spark a civil war (7:50)

Produced by: The Breakfast Huddle, Money FM 89.3, Ernest Luis & Hadyu Rahim

Edited by: Dan Koh

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While the push for adopting e-payments among SME merchants in Singapore has been largely successful – with at least 10,000 hawkers to date accepting e-payments since November 2019 – adoption among non-hawkers has remained slow. Hence, to encourage e-payment adoptions, simplyNETS was launched to provide micro business owners an alternative cashless payment solution with an easy-to-use system. Lawrence Chan, Group Chief Executive Officer, Network for Electronic Transfers (NETS) shares about the benefits of their system, the cost of implementation, and fraud concerns. 

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Following a year of double-digit (16%) growth in content marketing impacted by Covid-19’s digitisation of all industries, Singapore and Australia based content marketing agency Immedia has launched a MarTech platform known as Contrend. Richard Jones, CTO, Contrend, shares more about the AI powered platform and how it can help businesses to improve their content marketing campaigns. 

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Sean Wee, Head of Singapore, OFX discusses the outlook for major currencies, further signs of tapering, and patchy recovery indicators in Europe.

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Due to the pandemic, many SMEs in the retail and F&B industry have struggled to keep their businesses afloat while adapting to predominantly digital business operations. Elliott Danker from The Breakfast Huddle spoke to Alan Goh, Chief Revenue Officer, Oddle Eats, who shared more about the benefits of digitalisation and how their platform has resolved the various challenges of F&B outlets.

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According to a recent study by Franklin Templeton titled ‘Next-Gen Investor Survey’, the long-drawn nature of the pandemic does not appear to have dampened investor sentiment among the youth. Clement Lee, Head of Retail for Singapore, Franklin Templeton, shares more about the survey’s methodology, key findings, as well as differences between the various generations of investors.  

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Inside Hong Kong Ep 8: Hong Kong's upcoming new and toughened laws

10:30 mins

Synopsis: Every week, The Straits Times analyses the latest developments in Hong Kong.

The Straits Times' Hong Kong correspondent Claire Huang speaks with Money FM's Rachel Kelly and Timothy Go on the following points:

1. New data privacy law will create complications for Hong Kong's business community (1:58)
2. Toughened new censorship law to scrutinise past films for national security breaches (3:17)
3. Reactions to Hong Kong's decision to reimpose strict quarantine policies (5:19)
4. More unions under threat due to national security laws (7:51)

Produced by: Prime Time, Money FM 89.3 & Fa'izah Sani

Edited by: Nadiah Koh

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Apart from reporting a record profit for the second quarter during its earnings release yesterday -- snapping up market share left by embattled Huawei -- Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi also made a few key announcements, including stepping away from the “Mi” branding. Sanyam Chaurasia, Research Analyst (Mobility), Canalys shares more about the appeal of Xiaomi over Apple and Samsung today and other factors that would have contributed to their rapid growth.

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Luxury resort Dusit Thani Laguna in partnership with GTRIIP, has recently launched its contactless hotel check-in solution, a glimpse into the new digitised hospitality industry. The implementation of a contactless check-in solution is gaining traction in the hospitality industry, with both hoteliers and guests standing to benefit from this initiative. Eric Michel Piatti, General Manager, Dusit Thani Laguna shares what digitalisation is for the hospitality industry and the technological improvements made to the services offered in the resort with the partnership with GTRIIP

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With the mega sales season fast approaching in Singapore, TikTok, the leading destination for short-form mobile videos, predicts that customers' need for shopping with brands that entertain them (a phenomenon termed as Shoppertainment) will dominate buying patterns in 2021. Arjun Sarwal, Head (Director) of SEA Regional Performance, TikTok how Covid-19 has fundamentally transformed the way consumers shop and how brands can begin to plan their sales and marketing strategies in line with consumers' shopping appetites.

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