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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 digitalise their businesses through an end-to end integrated mobile business management solution. Microentrepreneurs that will benefit from the collaboration are
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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 took up the position in the embattled company. According to credible sources, Danny will be stepping down officially on 23
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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 RM200 million financing for eligible SMEs. This marks the continuation of the SPG scheme launched in September 2016 where a
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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 solutions, insurance and takaful coverage as well as EV charging privileges. On the insurance front, Etiqa had previously introduced an
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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 stepping down, effective 1 April. Once he steps into his new role, Mo will continue to drive the platform’s fintech
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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 is currently Deputy CEO, Business and Growth at Touch ‘n Go. Praba joined Touch ‘n Go in June 2021 and
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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 companies achieve unicorn status by 2025. Through this collaboration, KPMG will provide customised consulting and advisory support covering areas such
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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 of her ill-fated initial coin offering (ICO) LaVida Coin are demanding their money back. According to the Harian Metro, the
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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 major force for continued growth in the latest World Bank Malaysia Economic Monitor report released last month. Titled ‘Expanding Malaysia’s
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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 charges as well as hidden fees. Saturna manages two shariah-compliant equity trust funds in Malaysia, namely the ICD Global Sustainable
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