Lending
GHL to Offer Lending Services in Malaysia and Thailand
GHL announced today that they have obtained their operating licences from the respective regulators in Malaysia and Thailand to commence money lending services. The licences were issued by the Ministry of Housing and Local Government (Money Lending Licence under the
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CIMB and Axiata Teams up To Offer Financing Solutions to 700,000 SMEs
CIMB Group has entered into a partnership with Axiata Digital Capital to help 700,000 SME customers in Malaysia and Indonesia to access financing solutions. This will be done through Axiata Digital Capital’s micro lending platform, Aspirasi. Victor Lee, CEO Commercial
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GHL to Offer Installment Payment Solution to 2,000 of Its Online Merchants
GHL Systems Berhad announced today that will be teaming up with Splitit Payments to offer the latter’s installment solutions to 2,000 of its online merchants in Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, and Philippines. GHL is one of the top merchant acquirers in
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Funding Societies Teams Up with Lazada to Provide Financing for Online Merchants
Funding Societies Malaysia, the largest digital Peer-to-Peer (P2P) financing platform in the country, announced today its partnership with Lazada Malaysia to offer short-term financing, e-commerce financing, for merchants selling on Lazada platform. A reflection of Funding Societies and Lazada’s mutual
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Why are Malaysian Proptech Companies Looking into Fintech?
There’s seems to be a trend emerging in Malaysia, in 2019 we’re seeing a surge of proptech firms embracing fintech. Earlier this month, iProperty released a home loan eligibility indicator called LoanCare, an online tool that compares and calculates home
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UOB Launches an App That Matches Property Buyers with Mortgage Bankers
UOB Bank just launched an app that matches prospective property buyers with the bank’s team or mortgage specialists. Named UOB GetBanker, the app allows a property buyer or agent can search for a mortgage banker based on whether they are
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Singaporean Fintech Launches Operations in Malaysia Following Investment from OSK
TurnKey Lender, a lending and loan origination company announces the opening of a new office Kuala Lumpur. Its main goal will be to physically represent TurnKey Lender and support the company’s operations in Asia. Fueled by funding from Malaysia-based OSK
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The Home Buying Process is Broken, Here’s How a Malaysian Fintech is Trying to Solve it
The current property buying process in Malaysia is broken. Let’s say you want to purchase a property, you usually begin the process by looking at areas that you like or developers that you trust. After what is likely several months
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Mudah.my Will Be Offering Personalised Loans On Its Marketplace Soon
Between insurance to credit card comparison sites, the realms of e-commerce have long gone beyond just Singles Day sales and ventured into avenues that used to require an agent and hidden fees. It seems like Mudah.my is attempting to jump
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FundMyHome is Fine, It’s Just Mismarketed
Of all of Budget 2019’s announcements, its peer-to-peer homeownership section has been the product of biggest contention. The FundMyHome scheme, which came surprisingly quickly following the budget’s announcement seems to be a very specific and very convenient extension of the budget announcement—raising the hackles and
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