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Luno’s COO James Laniga Will Now Serve as the New CEO

Digital asset exchange Luno announced that its Chief Operating Officer James Lanigan who has been with the company for five

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Maybank Joins Bursa Malaysia’s Newly Launched Sustainability Platform

Bursa Malaysia announced the deployment of its Centralised Sustainability Platform which will be piloted by Maybank and the UMW Corporation.

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Can BNM’s Greening Value Chain Programme Lead SMEs to a Greener Future?

As the world faces the alarming consequences of climate change, Malaysia is launching the Greening Value Chain Programme (GVC) with

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Hong Leong Beefs up Security With Emergency Lock, Cooling Off Period

Hong Leong Bank (HLB) and Hong Leong Islamic Bank have enabled the Emergency Lock feature for both the HLB Connect

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Danny Leong Reconsidering His Resignation as Group CEO, Says Revenue Group

Payment solutions provider Revenue Group‘s Group CEO Danny Leong Kah Chern is reportedly reconsidering his decision to resign according to

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Bank Islam Partners MESINKIRA to Aid MSMEs in Their Digital Journey

Bank Islam Malaysia has partnered with MESINKIRA, a cloud-based retailing platform for MSMEs, to offer underbanked microentrepreneurs a chance to

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Revenue Group’s Woes Mount as Danny Leong Resigns as Group CEO

Payment solutions provider Revenue Group‘s Group CEO Danny Leong Kah Chern has tendered his resignation just two months after he

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AmBank, CGC Extends Additional RM200 Million for SME Financing

AmBank and Credit Guarantee Corporation Malaysia (CGC) has signed an SME Portfolio Guarantee (SPG) agreement to extend an additional of

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Maybank Offers Financing, Insurance Coverage for EV and Hybrid Customers

Maybank has launched an integrated automobile financing solution for Electric Vehicle (EV) and Hybrid customers covering various aspects including financing

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Mohamad Hafidz Steps up as Acting CEO of airasia Super App

airasia Super App has appointed Mohamad Hafidz Mohd Fadzil (Mo) as acting CEO to succeed Amanda Woo who will be

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Touch ‘n Go Promotes Praba Sangarajoo as New CEO

Touch ‘n Go had announced the appointment of Praba Sangarajoo as Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective 1 April 2023. He

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KPMG, MDEC Aims to Help 20 Malaysian Startups Achieve Unicorn Status by 2025

KPMG Malaysia will be supporting Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation’s (MDEC) Founders Centre of Excellence (FOX) programme to help Malaysian tech

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Investors in Dato’ Vida’s LaVida Coin Demanding to Be Repaid RM59 Million

Dato’ Sri Vida, a beauty mogul and polarising figure on the Malaysian scene, is coming under heat as the investors

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Policies, Platforms, and People: BNM Highlights the Key to Malaysia’s Digital Future

Digitalisation has been pegged as a key attribute to spur economic recovery in Malaysia, and is being touted as a

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Saturna Officially Launches Its Shariah-Compliant Digital Investment Platform

Shariah-compliant fintech firm Saturna has officially launched its digital investment platform which claims to not impose any sales or redemption

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Touch ‘n Go Rolls Out Two More Insurance Products

Touch ‘n Go Group announced that it has launched 2 new insurance products, CI Insure and MotoInsure on its e-wallet

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InterSystems Survey Highlights Data and Tech Obstacles for Financial Services in Asia Pacific

Financial services firms across the Asia Pacific are facing an ever-increasing array of data and technology challenges stemming from both

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Bursa, LSEG to Launch Sustainability Reporting Platform Says Anwar

The Malaysian Prime Minister Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim announced that Bursa Malaysia and the London Stock Exchange Group

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Maybank Appoints Alan Lau as New Group COO

Maybank announced that it has appointed Alan Lau Chee Kheong as Group Chief Operations Officer (GCOO) effective 1 April 2023.

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Women Leaders Spearhead Digital Banking Revolution in Malaysia

The digital banking industry in Malaysia has undergone rapid evolution in recent years, revolutionizing the country’s financial sector by providing

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Capital A Makes Two C-Level Appointments for Its Digital Portfolio

Capital A announced that its President for Commercial Colin Currie will be holding dual roles as he has also been

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MyStartr Raises RM4.7 Million Ahead of Secondary Market Entry This Year

Malaysian equity crowdfunding (ECF) platform MyStartr has raised RM 4.7 million through a Fundnel campaign led by 431 investors to

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Touch ‘n Go Implements Security Features Laid Out by BNM Ahead of Deadline

Touch ‘n Go eWallet has successfully implemented all five mandatory safety and security measures imposed by the Bank Negara Malaysia

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AWS Launches Infrastructure Region, Invests RM25.5 Billion in Malaysia

Amazon Web Services (AWS) plans to launch an AWS infrastructure Region in Malaysia and invest US$6 billion (approximately RM 25.5

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Malaysia, Cambodia Regulators Ink MOU for Capital Markets Cooperation

The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) has inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Securities and Exchange Regulator of Cambodia

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5 Key Budget 2023 Highlights Impacting Fintech in Malaysia

The revised Budget 2023, with a theme of ‘Developing Malaysia Madani’ was officially presented last week by Prime Minister Datuk

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PolicyStreet Secures Australian License in Regional Expansion Push

Malaysian insurtech company PolicyStreet announced that it has secured the Australian Financial Services License from the Australian Securities and Investments

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Digital Banks Could Be the Key to Promoting Financial Inclusion for Malaysia’s B40

Financial inclusion is a vital aspect of economic growth, and it is critical to ensure that all individuals have access

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FWD to Snap up Majority Stake in Gibraltar BSN Life, Plans for Rebrand

FWD Group inks deal to snap up a majority stake in Gibraltar BSN Life in a bid to enter the

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Alliance Bank Malaysia Lays Out Growth Plan for the Next 4 Years

Alliance Bank Malaysia has announced its new strategic plan Acceler8 that will be the blueprint for the bank’s growth for

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Meet the 56 Cryptocurrency Exchanges in Malaysia Registered with BNM

  Update: As of March 2019, all cryptocurrency exchanges operating in Malaysia needs to be regulated by Securities Commission Malaysia.

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Top 20 Malaysian Fintechs in 2020

It’s been nearly 3 years now since we last highlighted the best fintech startups that Malaysia has to offer. Since

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3 Cryptocurrency Exchanges Granted Conditional Approval from Securities Commission Malaysia

Following the finalisation of the regulatory framework for cryptocurrency exchanges in Malaysia, Securities Commission Malaysia announced today that it has

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Fintech Malaysia Report 2019 — How is Malaysia’s Fintech Scene Doing?

In 2017, we started Fintech News Malaysia with a simple goal — to help shine the spotlight on deserving fintech

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Fintech Malaysia Report 2018 – The State of Play for Fintech Malaysia

  Note: We’ve update this report, the 2019 edition of the Fintech Report can be found here Following last year’s

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Alixco Targets Investors from South East Asia and Europe to Widen its Base

Alixco, a P2P financing platform regulated by the Securities Commission of Malaysia announced today that it is opening its platform

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Here are 5 of The Best E-Wallets in Malaysia (in My Opinion)

You may remember me as the person who complained about e-wallets last year, and later, complaining again about Malaysia’s drive

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BigPay is The Latest to Join PayNet’s Universal DuitNow QR

BigPay,  announced today its participation in the DuitNow eco-system operated by Payments Network Malaysia (PayNet).  BigPay users will soon be

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Here Are All The Digital Banking Contenders in Malaysia (So Far)

Editor’s Note: This article was first written on 29th June 2021, was last updated at 11:00 am 5th August 2021

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