Worldpay has launched the 10th edition of the Global Payments Report. The report provides a comprehensive look at how consumer payment preferences continue to evolve at speed, serving as a roadmap for merchants to navigate the changing payments landscape.

Singapore’s central bank reduced the pace of the local currency’s trade-weighted appreciation in its second such move in 2025, in response to easing inflation and rising risks to economic growth from US President Donald Trump’s tariff barrage.

The Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) has cut Singapore’s growth forecast for 2025 to zero per cent to 2 per cent in the face of a US-China tariff war, with some economists warning of a possible technical recession in 2025.

Former Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi died on Monday (Apr 14) at the age of 85. Abdullah, who is also known affectionately as Pak Lah, served between 2003 and 2009.

Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong will attend the state funeral of former Malaysian prime minister Abdullah Badawi on April 15 in Kuala Lumpur, said the Singapore Prime Minister’s Office.

Singapore can no longer rely on a "working" global trading system to fit into, unlike in previous crises, and a recession, though unlikely, remains a possibility, Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Monday (Apr 14).

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The Prime Minister spoke to the Prime Minister of Singapore Lawrence Wong today.

Discussions on tariffs were held between a representative from the United States Department of the Treasury (UST) and senior officials of Asean member states on April 7.

Asian markets battled on Tuesday (Apr 8) to recover from the previous day's tariff-fuelled collapse, though Donald Trump's warning of more measures against China and Beijing's vow to fight "to the end" raised concerns the trade war could worsen.