The impact of digital technologies is an important topic for professional accountants working in businesses around the world. Technology provides finance functions with many opportunities to do things better, but it also changes the business context in which finance operates. This report shares the... Read More

As finance professionals responsible for payment processing and in custody of sensitive information, what are the risks we should be aware of and how can we manage these risks? At the ISCA Breakfast Talk session on September 18, two speakers from OCBC Bank illustrated the risks and lapses with... Read More

As e-payments continues to evolve and pick up steam in Singapore, finance professionals should better understand not just the immediate benefits and risks to business, but also the deeper implications to a cashless society. Given the borderless nature of e-payments and of business in general in... Read More

The efficiency, convenience and reach of financial services has been significantly enhanced by the development of the fintech industry. Today, services including payments, insurance, lending, capital raising and investment management have all benefited from the boom in fintech.    These... Read More

The rapid developments in AI have engendered high expectations of the benefits it can deliver for business and for society at large. Yet there are concerns about AI replacing human input and thus displacing jobs.  In this publication titled “Artificial Intelligence: Opportunities, Risks and... Read More

The Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (ISCA) would like to thank Ministry of Communications and Information (MCI) and the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA) for the opportunity to provide feedback on the proposed Cybersecurity Bill.  Now more than ever, companies need a strong... Read More

For the second time, the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (ISCA) and Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) collaborated on the “Our Future Together” series. At the event called “Our Future Together: Future of Professional Learning and Entrepreneurship”, the two... Read More

Blockchain is a shared, immutable ledger that enables trusted multiple party transactions. Blockchain offers us the opportunity to relook existing business networks, and reimagine how we perform, record and secure transactions. By making transactions shared and distributed, we break down silos of... Read More