Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) and Bank Indonesia (BI) has launched a cross-border QR payment linkage to enable instant, secure, and…
Month: January 2022
Axiata Digital’s fintech arm Boost has its sights expanding its suite of services and deepening its regional presence following a…
The banking industry is in the midst of a period of intense transformation in Southeast Asia, and indeed the world,…
The Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) has partnered with the ASEAN Fintech Group (AFG) with aims to enhance initiatives aimed…
Al Rajhi Bank Malaysia has selected Thought Machine, a cloud native core banking technology firm, to power their upcoming “next-generation…
SME digital financing platform Funding Societies Malaysia, announced that it has disbursed RM1 billion in financing to micro, small and…
Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) today announced the launch of Malaysia’s five-year financial sector blueprint during the opening of MyFintechWeek 2022.…
HSBC Malaysia has launched a multi-currency digital wallet that enables small-and-medium enterprises (SMEs) to make and receive international payments from…
Digital banking has been displacing many branch interactions in the move towards digital. As consumers increasingly engage with their banks…
Versa Asia, a Malaysian digital cash management platform, announced that it has achieved over RM 100 million in transactions. The…
As Malaysia prepares to hand out its first digital banking licenses, fintech innovators, incumbent banks and tech providers are sharing…
Earned wage access (EWA) service provider Paywatch has raised US$ 5.25 million in a seed funding round led by US…
Malaysian online equities broker Rakuten Trade announced the expansion of its Cash Upfront Trading Account to include access into foreign…
Malaysian fintech startup Soft Space announced that it has formed a new strategic partnership with Japanese credit card company JCB…
Cross-border payments firm Tranglo has added Hong Kong as a receiving corridor on its cross-border payments network to allow near…
Shariah-compliant P2P financing platform microLEAP has just been appointed by SME Corporation Malaysia (SME Corp) as the financial intermediary under…
Bank Negara Malaysia on Tuesday issued the Discussion Paper on Licensing Framework for Digital Insurers and Takaful Operators. The Discussion…