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BNM’s MyFintech Week Will Host 100 Speakers. Here’s a Sneak Peek into 10 of Them
Bank Negara Malaysia will be hosting their inaugural MyFintech Week 2019, which the organisation claims to be Malaysia’s first flagship fintech event. The event will be taking place during mid-June, in Sasana Kijang, Kuala Lumpur. The event will be held
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Securities Commission Malaysia Announces 8 New Licenses for Crowdfunding and P2P Lending
Securities Commission Malaysia today announced 3 new licenses for equity crowdfunding and 5 for P2P lending. This new batch sees names that are familiar to those in the startup scene and some new names. The new equity crowdfunding players are;
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BFM Founder Malek Ali Co-Founds Insurtech Startup, Fi Life
Fi Life, an insurtech startup co-founded by BFM radio founder Malek Ali and Tan Jiann Meng went live today. The birth Fi Life is a result of the pair’s recent acquisition of U For Life from German reinsurer Hannover Re
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A Sneak Peek into Prudential’s New AI Powered Health App, Pulse
The insurance industry is changing, and its changing fast. The forces driving the change in insurance include skyrocketing healthcare costs, rising protection gap and a shift in the way consumers prefer to interact with brands. These new realities are pressuring
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Bursa Malaysia Taps Hong Kong Based Company to Build Blockchain Proof-of-Concept
Bursa Malaysia is right now utilising blockchain in a proof of concept geared towards greater transparency and smoother operations in the securities borrowing and lending (SBL) market. The project aims to ramp up efficiency, speed and capacity in securities in
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What Celcom and Digi’s Potential Merger Could Mean for Boost
In an announcement that took many by surprise, it is reported that Axiata and Telenor are in talks to merge their Asian operations for form a global entity. If the merger talks comes to fruition the combined entity will be
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GHL to Enable GrabPay QR Payment at 70,000 of its Payments Channels
GrabPay’s mobile QR payment will be accepted at GHL’s payment touchpoints soon according to an announcement issued by GHL today. Prior to this partnership GHL has also enabled CIMB Bank to accept QR payments from 6 major e-wallets. Through this
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