Over 500,000 searches made in 5-day period when Acra’s new Bizfile portal had full NRICs available

[Straits Times] - 01/8/2025

This is much higher than the usual daily traffic of 2,000 to 3,000 queries, said Second Minister for Finance Indranee Rajah.



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