Malaysia’s financial sector is racing to keep up with digitally savvy consumers and agile fintech competitors. The rise of AI-powered,…

Behind closed doors, people are asking: Can digital banks really be profitable? I get asked this because I have been…

Suhaimi Abdul Hamid has been appointed as a Board Member of KAF Digital Bank, according to a recent LinkedIn update.…

Over the past few months, headlines around Malaysia’s digital banks have taken on a darker tone. Leadership transitions, rising costs,…

Suzaini Mukhtar has taken on the CEO role at KAF Digital Bank after announcing the move on LinkedIn. He had…

KAF Investment Bank has begun sounding out interest in strategic options for KAF Digital Bank, including a potential sale or…

Just four years after Malaysia awarded its first digital banking licences, the market is entering a more sobering phase. A…

For the past couple of months, Malaysia’s digital banking space has been dominated by a different kind of headline. What…

Rafiza Ghazali has stepped down from her role as Chief Executive Officer of KAF Digital Bank. She will officially conclude…

Digital banking in Asia was supposed to change the world. Five years later, did it live up to the hype?…

Ryt Bank’s AI-driven digital banking platform runs on Alibaba Cloud, a setup that supported the bank’s launch and infrastructure build-out…

Malaysia’s five operational digital banks now serve 1.97 million customers and together hold RM3.1 billion in deposits as at September…

CIMB has unveiled OCTO Biz, a new digital platform aimed at helping sole proprietors, SMEs, and corporate clients simplify banking,…

Fraud and scams are on the rise in Southeast Asia, from job scams and forced scam centers to deepfake impersonations…

Ryt Bank, Malaysia’s first fully AI-powered digital bank, is now here. The bank is backed by YTL Group in partnership…

KAF Digital Bank has received approval from Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) to begin onboarding the public following the successful completion…

CIMB Bank Philippines has been ranked 41st in The Asian Banker’s World’s Top 100 Digital Banks 2025, making it the…

At Money20/20 Asia, we sat down with Jaykie Tan, Head of Business Development APAC at Mambu, and Cecilia Tan, Regional…

Bank Muamalat has launched ATLAS, an Islamic digital bank developed in collaboration with global banking technology provider Backbase. The platform…

KAF Digital Bank has gone live on Temenos’ Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform as it prepares to launch its Islamic digital banking…