Forrest Li

Sea offers growth potential in Fintech while DBS offers yield and stability

Sea Limited, which started as an online gaming company, is going solo in its bid for a digital full bank license here in Singapore, targeting millennials and SMEs.The bid by the New York-listed company, marks the entry of yet another bidder which counts

(March 1): Free Fire is a world unto itself. More than 40 million players log on each day to find weapons and battle it out till one character’s left standing.

SINGAPORE (June 19): Sea has completed its previously announced offering of US$575 million ($777 million) aggregate principal amount of 2.25% convertible senior notes due 2023.

SINGAPORE (Nov 30): Back in 2002, as the city-state was emerging from its worst recession since 1964, the government was getting impatient over the economy's disproportionate reliance on multinationals and a handful of globally competitive state-back

(May 8): Garena has rebranded as Sea after Southeast Asia’s most valuable startup secured US$550 million ($772 million) in funds to step up a battle with Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba and other players in Indonesia.

Garena is expanding into e-payments and e-commerce. Both industries are well populated with players that do not seem interested in making money. Is Singapore’s most valuable start-up likely to come out ahead?

SINGAPORE (Sept 5): Temasek Holdings’ wholly-owned subsidiary, SeaTown Holdings International, has joined Indonesia-based Global Digital Prima Venture and Japan-based Mistletoe in a new investment in Southeast Asia’s largest start-up, Garena Interacti

SINGAPORE (July 23): Singapore stert-ups base themselves in Singapore for a variety of reasons.