Benjamin Cher

Staff Writer, The Ken • SEA Edition

Based in Singapore, Ben covers news and stories from the hub of Southeast Asia. He covers the intersection of technology and business, and how it affects Singapore and Southeast Asia. Ben was previously a reporter at The Edge Singapore.

28 Articles published

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Digital banks' 2021 test, from Singapore to Malaysia, the Philippines

Mainly because the challenges that the Chinese market is facing isn't what Singapore is facing. But also monetary policy is already complicated and when you start printing digital currency you run into issues of whether the digital currency is tagged to the physical currency in the market or new money that was just minted. These are just the tip of the iceberg of issues surrounding digital currency in mainstream use, and that's not getting into how to implement a wallet or uses for the population.

Benjamin Cher

Stories by Benjamin Cher

12 Jan, 21

The divide-and-sell lure to DBS’ digital exchange

Benjamin Cher

04 Jan, 21

Digital banks’ 2021 test, from Singapore to Malaysia, the Philippines

Benjamin Cher, Jum Balea, Ka Kay Lum

31 Dec, 20

Singapore’s 100% banked goal: a playbook for others

Benjamin Cher

17 Dec, 20

How regtech went from innovative toy to regulatory saviour in Singapore

Benjamin Cher

07 Dec, 20

Singapore’s struggle to put e-payments on its hawkers’ menus

Benjamin Cher

11 Nov, 20

The Contenders: Assessing Singapore’s digital bank licence applicants

Benjamin Cher

05 Nov, 20

What’s in store for Southeast Asia’s malls in a post-Covid world

Benjamin Cher, Jum Balea, Ka Kay Lum

29 Oct, 20

Singtel’s new Moon must turn the tide

Benjamin Cher

19 Oct, 20

Grab and Gojek: a potential marriage of inconvenience

Benjamin Cher, Nadine Freischlad, Jon Russell, Jum Balea, Ka Kay Lum

14 Oct, 20

Ride-hailing reels, but ComfortDelGro makes comfortable pandemic progress

Benjamin Cher

29 Sep, 20

As commerce flatlines, ST Engineering presses defence arm into service

Benjamin Cher

22 Sep, 20

Coworking spaces have a new anti-office script in Singapore

Benjamin Cher

07 Sep, 20

Singtel, StarHub, and the high price of Singapore’s 5G push

Benjamin Cher

31 Aug, 20

Singapore’s old banks raise the floodgates as digital banking wave hits Asia

Benjamin Cher

18 Aug, 20

The Singapore Exchange faces an identity crisis

Benjamin Cher

10 Aug, 20

The Southeast Asia encroachment of Singapore’s data hub position

Benjamin Cher

30 Jul, 20

SGX’s corporate governance challenge is RegCo’s opportunity

Benjamin Cher

20 Jul, 20

Into AMTD’s Singapore spiderverse

Benjamin Cher

06 Jul, 20

“I don’t know what venture debt is, but I want me some, please”

Ka Kay Lum, Benjamin Cher

29 Jun, 20

80:20 model in peril, Singapore Press Holdings turns back to its core

Benjamin Cher

15 Jun, 20

Work from home blues hit Singapore’s packed telecom space

Benjamin Cher