Daily Briefing: Hawker food directory launched; Local startup Paywhere acquired for US$5m

And here's how Singapore can become a cashless society.

The Ministry of Trade and Industry has just created a searchable online directory of budget hawker food around the island. And when we say budget, we really mean it. Read more here. 

Philippine telecommunications firm PLDT, through unit Voyager Innovations, bought Singapore-based ecommerce startup Paywhere for US$5 million, the company announced today. Find out more here. 

These days many countries are talking about the importance of innovations in the financial sector. Many of those are claiming that they will soon become the first to go completely cashless. They may be saying so, but what if they don’t really know how to do it? Read more here.