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Why Brands, Bigtechs, Fintechs and Banks Are All Taking Notice of Banking as a Service
The Asia Pacific region is leading the way in a revolution that is changing the way consumers interact with financial services. Banking as a Service (BaaS) has been spreading rapidly over the last couple of years, enabling brands to offer
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Ng Wei Wei Promoted to Be UOB Malaysia’s First Female CEO
UOB Malaysia announced that it will appoint Ng Wei Wei as its first female Chief Executive Officer (CEO) effective 1 May 2022 onwards. She will succeed Wong Kim Choong, who will relinquish the position after leading the bank since 2012.
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Luno Enabled US$ 52 Billion Crypto Transactions With 10 Million Customers on Board
Luno, a regulated digital asset exchange in Malaysia, announced that it has surpassed 10 million customers across over 40 countries, showing a growth of 35% year-on-year in its global customer base. The company said that it had gained an additional
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BigPay Rolls Out DuitNow Offerings for Its Malaysian Users
BigPay, a Capital A venture company and digital bank aspirant, announced that it has rolled out DuitNow offerings for its users nationwide. With this move, BigPay’s users now have access to DuitNow QR and DuitNow Transfer for all payments. In
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TheLorry Partners With microLEAP for up to RM 500,000 in Shariah-Compliant Financing
Shariah-compliant P2P financing platform microLEAP announced a strategic and multi-faceted partnership with TheLorry, a Malaysian logistics tech platform. This strategic collaboration provides TheLorry with flexible and convenient invoice financing as well as term financing options through microLEAP’s network of local
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JurisTech Partners Mambu to Create a Holistic Credit Management Platform
Malaysian fintech JurisTech announced a partnership with Mambu, a cloud-native core banking platform, with aims to create a seamless customer and user journey in the credit and financing application lifecycle. The connectivity between Mambu and JurisTech’s products allows the latter
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Razer Merchant Services Taps Alipay+ to Expand Its Merchant Offerings in Malaysia
Razer Merchant Services (RMS), the B2B arm of Razer Fintech, announced the integration of Ant Group’s Alipay+ solutions for more than 60,000 online and offline merchant touchpoints across Malaysia to expand its merchant offerings. Introduced in 2020, the Alipay+ solutions
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PayHalal Partners Atome to Offer Islamic Buy Now, Pay Later Feature
Syariah-compliant payment gateway PayHalal is now offering merchants participation in its inaugural iBNPL facility jointly offered with buy now, pay later (BNPL) platform Atome. This Islamic BNPL programme offered by PayHalal and Atome seeks to provide merchants with sustainable income
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Touch ‘n Go Offers Personal Loans up to RM10,000 Through “GOpinjam”
Touch ‘n Go (TNG) Group today announced the launch of GOpinjam, an inclusive digital personal loan that was developed in partnership with CIMB Bank. GOpinjam is available effective immediately to Touch ‘n Go eWallet users who are Malaysian citizens above
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Airwallex Officially Launches Its Payments Operations in Malaysia
Airwallex, a cross border payments company, announced the launch of its cross-border payment services in Malaysia today. The company had managed to secure a money services business license from Bank Negara Malaysia in August last year. Initially, qualified Malaysian businesses
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