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Behind The Scenes: Rakuten Trade, Malaysia’s Fintech Company of the Year
Digital Transformation WealthTech

Behind The Scenes: Rakuten Trade, Malaysia’s Fintech Company of the Year

Fresh off the back of winning the Fintech Company of the Year award earlier in 2018 and celebrating their one year anniversary, we spoke to Kaoru Arai, Managing Director, Rakuten Trade to get a better sense of why they became Fintech

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Digital, Data, Disruption: CIMB Pledges RM 75 Million to Its 3D Academy
Banking Digital Transformation

Digital, Data, Disruption: CIMB Pledges RM 75 Million to Its 3D Academy

36,000 workforce to be trained A combined total of estimated 2 million staff learning hours Aims to equip staff with digital competencies like UI/UX design, data science, and entrepreneurial thinking CIMB Group has pledged RM 75 million over the next

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Malaysian Fintech Company CapitalBay Wins Multiple Awards
Various

Malaysian Fintech Company CapitalBay Wins Multiple Awards

CapitalBay, a FinTech company, offering solutions for Supply Chain Finance in Malaysia has announced that it has received two separate awards from the  Asian Bankers Awards in Beijing, alongside top international transaction banks such as Bank of America, Deutsche Bank,

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Grab and Maybank Ties Up to Drive GrabPay
Payments

Grab and Maybank Ties Up to Drive GrabPay

South East Asia’s ride hailing giant, Grab and Malaysia’s largest bank Maybank, has announced their partnership to drive the acceptance and usage of GrabPay in Malaysia. This partnership also involves collaborative efforts to drive merchant acquisition. Maybank’s Malaysia customers will

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Funding Societies Launches FS Bolt
Lending

Funding Societies Launches FS Bolt

Funding Societies, largest peer-to-peer (P2P) financing platform in Malaysia, has announced the launch of FS Bolt: a mobile microfinancing solution in the country that provides fast and collateral-free working capital financing for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), with approval from

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Malaysian Fintech Firm Jirnexu Closes US$11 Million Series B
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Malaysian Fintech Firm Jirnexu Closes US$11 Million Series B

Malaysian based fintech startup Jirnexu, has closed an US$11 million Series B round. Making their second investment in Jirnexu, Japan-based SBI Group led the latest round, joined by new US-based investor SIG Asia Investments (SIG). With total funding now US$17

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Banks and Insurance Companies: Go Digital or Go Home
Digital Transformation

Banks and Insurance Companies: Go Digital or Go Home

Earlier last month, I had the pleasure of joining TM ONE’S BFSI Open Day as a panelist. Joining me was veterans from the TM ONE team and we discussed in depth the state of play for digital transformation in the

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Can Blockchain Eradicate Corruption in Malaysia?
Blockchain/Bitcoin

Can Blockchain Eradicate Corruption in Malaysia?

As Malaysians go to the polls tomorrow to decide the fate of the country, the election fever runs high. So much so that the election fever has seeped into the subject of blockchain. Earlier this week, a candidate of the

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UOB Partners With WORQ & Common Ground to Lower Price Barriers for Startups
Banking

UOB Partners With WORQ & Common Ground to Lower Price Barriers for Startups

United Overseas Bank (UOB) recently announced that they have signed a MOU with WORQ and Common Ground to offer up to 20% off the rental of the co-working spaces. Startups and SME’s who are customers of UOB will be able

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Behind The Scenes: How Hong Leong Bank is Digitising Their Workforce
Banking Digital Transformation

Behind The Scenes: How Hong Leong Bank is Digitising Their Workforce

Digital transformation is something that should be happening across the organisation, not just the consumer facing fronts. However, when scanning the news, one might be tempted to think that much of the industry’s digitisation focus is limited to the latter.

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