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Hong Leong Investment Bank (HLIB) has named Datuk Muhamad Umar Swift as its next group Managing Director and CEO. Umar Swift, a former CEO of Bursa Malaysia, will take over on 1 January 2027 from…
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View MoreRetail banking in Asia Pacific is undergoing a structural reset. The forces reshaping the industry are changing how growth is won, how risk is managed, and…
Read MoreAlmost every Malaysian who has tried to invest in a unit trust knows exactly how this goes. You…
Maybank Indonesia and Islamic lifestyle application Muslim Pro have launched Amanah Pro. The Islamic Banking-as-a-Service (iBaaS) platform helps…
CIMB Group is selling its Thai unit’s auto financing portfolio to Krungsri as it shifts capital towards higher-return…
Aleta Planet has secured two new Bank Negara Malaysia licences, allowing it to expand beyond card acquiring into…
TNG Digital will stop supporting debit card-linked Quick Payment and Auto Reload on TNG eWallet from 13 May…
A company secretary has been fined RM50,000 after Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) and the Companies Commission of Malaysia…
Hata Digital has obtained Shariah certification for its digital asset platform, making it the first digital asset exchange…
Standard Chartered Malaysia has turned to CFO Mushahid Syed to steer the bank on an interim basis as…
V Systems Malaysia announced that it was engaged by Khazanah Nasional for Malaysia’s first tokenised sukuk pilot programme.…
Banks across Asia Pacific are navigating a period of rapid change in the payment ecosystem. Mobile wallets, digital…
DuitNow QR transaction volumes more than doubled in 2025 to three billion transactions, as QR payments became a…
The ICD-LSEG Islamic Finance Development Report 2025 indicates that the Islamic finance industry is forecast to touch US$9.7…
Malaysia processed RM831 billion in retail e-payment transactions in 2025, up from RM698.2 billion in 2024, reflecting the…
Visa has launched Agentic Ready in Malaysia with Alliance Bank, CIMB and Maybank to help card issuers prepare…
OceanBase will open a new global support center in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia as part of its international expansion,…
Bank Muamalat has launched ATLAS, a Shariah-compliant digital banking platform that lets customers open and manage savings accounts…
Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) fines Zurich Malaysia’s insurance and takaful units a combined RM1.56 million for sanctions screening…
Takaful Malaysia Am has partnered Handshakes to strengthen data-driven compliance and risk monitoring in Malaysia’s takaful sector. The…
PayNet is extending MyDebit into mobile wallets with support from IDEMIA Secure Transactions’ tokenisation platform. The rollout gives…
Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) has introduced a RM5 billion facility to support SMEs and microenterprises affected by the…
Maybank and CIMB played key roles in the first tokenised sukuk issuance in Malaysia, a RM100 million pilot by…
Khazanah Nasional Berhad and the Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) have priced the country’s first tokenised sukuk, a RM100…
Global payment platform SUNRATE has secured a Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) license, receiving Class B approval under the…















