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Soft Space Partners Global Payments to Expand Tap-On-Phone Payments to Taiwan

Global Payments, a global provider of payment technology and software services, announced that it supports the Soft Space Mobile Tap, a new smartphone-based payment acceptance solution for merchants, in Taiwan. Developed by Malaysian fintech Soft Space, the solution provides merchants

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MX Exchange Gets Green Light to Trade Cryptos, Appoints Former MDEC C-Level as CEO

MX Exchange has been granted full approval by the Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) to operate as Recognised Market Operator-Digital Asset Exchange (RMO-DAX) for the trading of cryptocurrencies in Malaysia, making it the fourth DAX permitted to operate in Malaysia. The

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Islamic Crowdfunding Platform Ethis Raises RM6.8 Million From Angel Investors

Islamic crowdfunding group Ethis Global announced the closure of its RM6.8 million pre-Series A fundraising round from angel investors. This ‘Super Angel’ round was joined by notable investors including corporate leader Tan Sri Wan Zulkiflee, and Daud Vicary Abdullah, a renowned

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Green Packet’s OCIB Plunges Into Crypto With Conditional Investment Bank License

Oasis Capital Investment Bank (OCIB), a fully-owned subsidiary of Green Packet has been awarded the conditional investment bank license from the Labuan Financial Services Authority (LFSA). The company is looking to specialise in digital asset portfolio advisory, management services as

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GHL Enables SMEs to Pay Any Suppliers With Credit Cards

GHL Systems has introduced CARDit which is a platform that utilises a consumer’s credit card limit by allowing them to pay via a credit card to payees that traditionally do not accept credit cards. While CARDit is available to both

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Banks Need to Ramp up Efforts To Win Over Digitally Savvy Muslim Customers

Banking and financial services platform Mambu released its research series named the Disruption Diaries which seeks to understand what people think of the key trends driving the development of financial services. In Mambu‘s third edition, the firm conducted a global

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Touch ‘n Go Offers New Premium Tier With Upgraded E-Wallet Size of RM20,000

Touch ‘n Go Group (TNG) has introduced a new Premium tier to its Touch ‘n Go eWallet users which offers an increased e-wallet size of RM20,000 and an annual transaction limit of RM300,000. With that, the TNG eWallet now has

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Green Packet’s E-Wallet Kiplepay Launches Visa Prepaid Card

Kiplepay, a wholly owned subsidiary of Green Packet, has partnered with Visa to introduce the Kiple Visa Prepaid Card. The partnership, which was first announced in 2020, has rolled out the prepaid card which builds on Kiple’s Wallet-as-a-Service (WaaS) ecosystem.

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HSBC Malaysia Rolls Out Instant Recurring Payment Collection for Businesses via DuitNow

HSBC Malaysia announced that it has launched the DuitNow Request feature for corporates to streamline the collection of repetitive payments from multiple customers. This secure, real time payment feature does away with the need for businesses to constantly follow up

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Insiders Reveal the Key Reasons Behind Razer Pay’s Demise

When there are too many holes on a ship, plugging one does little – water continues flowing in from the rest. Over time, these holes collectively bring down the ship. When Razer announced last week it was suspending its e-wallet

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