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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 plan into other South East Asian markets by early 2021. The fast-growing fintech is getting ready to make its mobile

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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 Asia and beyond. The region has given birth to unicorns who are household names like Grab, Gojek, Sea Group, Traveloka,

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 Money, which will be supported by a Visa prepaid card feature. Kenanga said that this marks the bank’s entry into

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 the Deliver2Me feature for in-store cashless payments. Deliver2Me allows Setel users to purchase selected items from participating Kedai Mesra outlets

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 in Singapore circa 2010. In Malaysia, OCBC says that it seeks to provide the mobile generation with a “fresh new

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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 finance tech.session to talk about the role of technology to improve financial inclusion and shared his views on how banking

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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 RM 50 million. Koperasi Angkatan Tentera Malaysia Berhad led this fund raising round with an investment of RM10 million. The

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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 event saw multiple announcements being made, including the launch of new products, as well as updates on the Huawei Mobile

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 is said to serve more than 5,000 SMEs and 50,000 employees. Through the Kakitangan.com’s web app, users are now able

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 push and triggered a sharp rise in digital payments and digital banking usage. This has pushed banks to not only