Super-apps aren’t dead, they’re evolving. Across Southeast Asia, consumers are blurring the lines between chat, commerce, and community. As the region’s digital economy expands, messaging platforms are emerging as the new super-apps, leaner, local, and built around trust.

In this episode of Mind Your Business, Audrey Siek speaks with David Tse, Senior Director for APAC at Rakuten Viber, about how messaging is transforming business engagement, what this means for SMEs, and how Asia is redefining the future of digital connection.

Super-apps aren&rsquo;t dead, they&rsquo;re evolving. Across Southeast Asia, consumers are blurring the lines between chat, commerce, and community. As the region&rsquo;s digital economy expands, messaging platforms are emerging as the new super-apps, leaner, local, and built around trust.
In this episode of Mind Your Business, Audrey Siek speaks with David Tse, Senior Director for APAC at Rakuten Viber, about how messaging is transforming business engagement, what this means for SMEs, and how Asia is redefining the future of digital connection.

Get a head start to your work day with Ryan Huang, Emaad Akhtar and Audrey Siek from 6am to 9am. 

Listen to insightful discussions on the stories and issues that matter the most to you and be apprised of the markets and the companies to watch.

Get a head start to your work day with Ryan Huang, Emaad Akhtar and Audrey Siek from 6am to 9am. 
Listen to insightful discussions on the stories and issues that matter the most to you and be apprised of the markets and the companies to watch.

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MONEY FM 89.3 is Singapore&rsquo;s first and only Business and Personal Finance station. MONEY FM is a 24-hour English talk format station featuring local and international business and financial news. We provide you with financial market and currency updates and insights from analysts, economists, policy makers, industry experts and business owners.
In the lighter hours, listen to discussions on social issues and features on topics that include health, education, arts and music.

MONEY FM 89.3 is Singapore’s first and only Business and Personal Finance station.

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Insightful discussions on the latest market events and the top companies to watch.

Get a head start on your workday with Ryan Huang, Emaad Akhtar and Audrey Siek from 6 am to 9 am. 

Listen to insightful discussions on the stories and issues that matter the most to you and be apprised of the markets and the companies to watch.

Get a head start on your workday with Ryan Huang, Emaad Akhtar and Audrey Siek from 6 am to 9 am. 
Listen to insightful discussions on the stories and issues that matter the most to you and be apprised of the markets and the companies to watch.

Breakfast with Ryan Huang, Emaad Akhtar and Audrey Siek (6am-9am)

Mind Your Business: How messaging became Asia’s digital marketplace

It's appraisal time. Your performance for the year is about to be scrutinised.

You might be thinking: should I take on more high-visibility tasks to give myself a higher chance of being promoted?

That's the question we explore on today's Breakfast Bites.

Emaad and Ryan share the experts' views on why employees choose this path as well as some drawbacks of doing so, including the risk of a widening gap between perceived and demonstrated performance.

 

Presented by Emaad Akhtar & Ryan Huang

Produced by Emaad Akhtar

Edited by Trisha Yeong

Music credit: Pixabay & its talented community of contributors

It's appraisal time. Your performance for the year is about to be scrutinised.
You might be thinking: should I take on more high-visibility tasks to give myself a higher chance of being promoted?
That's the question we explore on today's Breakfast Bites.
Emaad and Ryan share the experts' views on why employees choose this path as well as some drawbacks of doing so, including the risk of a widening gap between perceived and demonstrated performance.
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Presented by Emaad Akhtar &amp; Ryan Huang
Produced by Emaad Akhtar
Edited by Trisha Yeong
Music credit: Pixabay &amp; its talented community of contributors

Breakfast Bites: Is it smart to take on high-visibility tasks during appraisal season?

Diesel generators still power events, construction sites and mobile operations across Singapore, but carbon pricing is starting to change the cost model.

Colin Peh, Founder of GoRental SG joins The Breakfast Show to explain what businesses get wrong about clean energy adoption, why storage matters as Singapore targets 3 GWp of solar by 2030, and how SMEs can think practically about grants and green financing.

Diesel generators still power events, construction sites and mobile operations across Singapore, but carbon pricing is starting to change the cost model.
Colin Peh, Founder of GoRental SG joins The Breakfast Show to explain what businesses get wrong about clean energy adoption, why storage matters as Singapore targets 3 GWp of solar by 2030, and how SMEs can think practically about grants and green financing.

Mind Your Business: How SMEs can cut costs and carbon at the same time

Deliveroo’s decision to exit Singapore has sparked concerns about higher delivery fees, fewer choices for consumers, and weaker bargaining power for riders and F&B operators. But is this really about one company leaving or is it a broader reset of Singapore’s convenience economy?

Sumit Agarwal, Low Tuck Kwong Distinguished Professor of Finance, Economics and Real Estate at the National University of Singapore Business School, joins the Breakfast Show to unpack whether Singapore’s food delivery market is simply moving toward its natural state and what that means for consumers, workers and businesses in Singapore.

Deliveroo&rsquo;s decision to exit Singapore has sparked concerns about higher delivery fees, fewer choices for consumers, and weaker bargaining power for riders and F&amp;B operators. But is this really about one company leaving or is it a broader reset of Singapore&rsquo;s convenience economy?
Sumit Agarwal, Low Tuck Kwong Distinguished Professor of Finance, Economics and Real Estate at the National University of Singapore Business School, joins the Breakfast Show to unpack whether Singapore&rsquo;s food delivery market is simply moving toward its natural state and what that means for consumers, workers and businesses in Singapore.

Mind Your Business: How messaging became Asia’s digital marketplace

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