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UOB Malaysia Launches AI-Driven Financial Management Tool on Mobile App

United Overseas Bank Malaysia (UOB) has launched Mighty Insights, an artificial intelligence (AI)-based digital banking service to help their customers

E-Wallets Payments

Merchantrade Inks Deal With Ant Group to Offer Remittance Services to Alipay Users

Merchantrade, a digital money services business operator and e-money issuer, has entered into a partnership with Alibaba’s Ant Group. The

WealthTech

Meet Akru, Malaysia’s Newest Robo-Advisor

Years ago before my job with the Fintech News Network, I would drive my lifeless body to work at the

WealthTech

Rakuten Trade Appoints Kazumasa Mise as Its New Chief Executive Officer

Rakuten Trade Sdn Bhd (Rakuten Trade) announced the appointment of Mr Kazumasa Mise as its Chief Executive Officer and a

Various

Microsoft, MDEC and MaGIC Aims to Nurture Malaysian Unicorns Through New Partnership

Microsoft Malaysia in partnership with the Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) and the Malaysian Global Innovation & Creativity Centre (MaGIC)

Insurtech

Tune Protect Names AXA Affin Life’s Ex-CEO, Rohit Nambiar As Their New Group CEO

Tune Protect Group Berhad today announced the appointment of Rohit Chandrasekharan Nambiar as its Group Chief Executive Officer effective 14

Will QR Payments Mount a Challenge in a World Dominated by Plastic?

There is a quiet war waging in the consumer payments space, and no, it’s not the skirmishes between e-wallet companies

Various

Hong Leong Bank Unveils Fully Digital Onboarding Experience for Customers

Following the publication of Bank Negara Malaysia’s (BNM) guideline on Electronic Know-Your-Customer (eKYC), Hong Leong Bank and Hong Leong Islamic

E-Wallets

Maybank’s Add News Key Features to Its Refreshed MAE App

Maybank today launched mobile banking and e-wallet app called MAE by Maybank2u, an app they said is built to help

Crowdfunding

Securities Commission Says Regulated Crowdfunding Markets Raised RM1 Billion

The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) announced at its virtual SCxSC fintech conference that more than 2,500 Micro, Small and Medium

E-Wallets

Fave Adds GrabPay Wallet Onto Its Platform

Fave is now providing GrabPay as a new payment option in the former’s app, to enhance convenience and cashback savings

E-Wallets

Boost E-Wallet Integrates With Petronas’ Setel to Drive Interoperability

Setel, Petronas’ e-payment solution that enables fuel purchases directly from mobile devices, announced that it will be fully integrated into

Various

Green Packet Snaps up 51% Stake in Censof’s T-Melmax

Green Packet announced its acquisition of 51% majority stake in T-Melmax, a payment processing technology company owned by Censof Holdings,

Innovation Sponsored Virtual Banking

Connecting People With Finance: Empowering the Financial Industry in the Intelligent Mobile Era

In the intelligent mobile era, Huawei — with its vision, insights, solutions, ecosystems, and experts — is uniquely positioned to

Lending

Razer and Funding Societies Team up to Offer Merchants P2P Financing

Razer Fintech and Funding Societies today jointly announced a partnership to offer short-term business financing to merchants under Razer Merchant

Payments

BigPay Expands Into Singapore as It Gears up for South East Asia

BigPay, Air Asia Group’s fintech focused company, is now available in Singapore which is in line with the fintech’s expansion

Building Malaysia’s First Unicorn?

The South East Asian startup scene is ripe with opportunities and home to some of the most exciting startups within

E-Wallets

Kenanga Partners with Merchantrade to Launch Their Own E-Wallet, Kenanga Money

Kenanga Investment Bank Berhad (Kenanga) today announced its partnership with Merchantrade Asia Sdn Bhd (Merchantrade) to introduce their e-wallet, Kenanga

E-Wallets Payments

You Can “Setel” More Than Just Fuel at Petronas With New In-Store Payment Feature

Setel, Petronas’ e-payment solution that enables fuel purchases directly from mobile devices, has expanded its services with the addition of

Digital Transformation

OCBC Introduces its Mobile-First Banking Solution FRANK to Malaysia

OCBC Malaysia announced the launch of its digital banking solution FRANK by OCBC in Malaysia. This solution was first introduced

Financial Inclusion Sponsored Virtual Banking

Huawei Developer Conference: Brett King Talks Financial Inclusion, Banking 4.0, and More

At the 2020 Huawei Developer Conference held earlier this week, fintech influencer, best-selling author, and entrepreneur Brett King joined the

E-Wallets Funding Virtual Banking

MyMy Secures Malaysia’s Largest Fintech Seed Funding Round of RM 12 Million

MyMy today announced that it has secured Malaysia’s largest fintech seed round of RM 12 million at the valuation of

Innovation Sponsored

5 Key Highlights From Huawei’s Developer Conference

From September 10 to 12, 2020, Huawei Consumer Business Group (BG) held the annual Huawei Developer Conference. Themed HDC.Together, the

Insurtech

Fi Life to Tap Kakitangan.com’s SME Base to Offer Insurance to 50,000 Employees

Fi Life will be offering direct life protection for users of the Kakitangan.com’s payroll and leave management web app which

Redefining Finance For Good

Redefining Finance for Good: How the Pandemic Fast Tracked CIMB’s Digital Initiatives

COVID-19 has been an important catalyst for digital transformation across all industries. In banking, the pandemic has accelerated banks’ digitalisation

Payments

Tranglo Enters Myanmar With KBZ Bank Partnership for Remittance

Tranglo, a Malaysian based cross border payment specialist, announced a brand-new partnership with Kanbawza Bank (KBZ Bank) of Myanmar as

E-Wallets

Merchantrade Acquires Valyou From Telenor Group

Merchantrade, a digital money services business operator and e-money issuer, has acquired a 100% stake in Valyou from the Norwegian

Banks Should Turn to Using AI in eKYC in the Digital Arms Race

There’s an old joke on how on the internet nobody knows that you’re a dog, which speaks to how the

Blockchain/Bitcoin Payments

Valyou Launches Blockchain-Based Remittance Services in Bangladesh

Valyou, Malaysian digital remittance provider, announced the launch of blockchain-based remittance services in Bangladesh in partnership with Standard Chartered and

Regtech/Regulation

MyCash Money Picks Onfido to Power its eKYC

Onfido bags MyCash Money as its latest customer in the region, providing the company identity verification and authentication services. Besides

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