Fintech News Malaysia
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 MoreDuitNow QR payments are set to go global following a renewed agreement between Payments Network Malaysia (PayNet) and…
Razorpay Curlec has partnered with Visa to introduce credit card instalment options for Malaysian consumers through Visa Instalment…
AEON Bank, Malaysia’s first Islamic digital bank, has launched AEON Bank Biz, a Shariah-compliant business banking service anchored…
MBSB Bank has formalised Islamic financing facilities worth RM1.3 billion for Cypark Resources Berhad, making the bank its…
Shoppers and customers of AEON may soon see a single membership program spanning the group’s retail, financial and…
Funding Societies will phase out its mobile app in Malaysia next month as it shifts investor access fully…
Is AI finally becoming a priority in Malaysia’s financial sector? According to Bank Negara Malaysia’s (BNM) latest discussion…
CoinGecko has announced a series of leadership changes as the crypto data provider looks to expand its operations…
“The future is already here, it’s just not evenly distributed.” The line from one of my favourite authors,…
Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) says interim measures remain effective in cushioning policyholders from rising medical costs, as broader…
iFAST Pay Malaysia has received approval-in-principle from Bank Negara Malaysia to operate as an Electronic Money Issuer and…
Alibaba Cloud has been officially recognised as one of the Cloud Service Providers (CSP) under the newly launched…
There was a time when Boost lived in the small moments: helping people pay for bubble tea or…
Ryt Bank has announced a partnership with Episode Six, a US-based provider of enterprise-grade card issuing and ledger…
Perodua and Maybank Islamic have rolled out the Perodua Flexiplan, the country’s first Shariah-compliant agility financing option, powered…
Kids these days are not like when we were little. At least for those of us who remember…
HSBC Malaysia has updated its Premier banking service for affluent and high-net-worth customers, expanding benefits in wealth management,…
Ashish Sharma has seen AI fads come and go, but what he’s seeing now in Malaysia’s banking scene…
Global payment and treasury management platform SUNRATE has received in-principal approval from Bank Negara Malaysia for a Money…
J&C Pacific Sdn Bhd (J&C Pacific), a leading innovator in AI-driven retail marketing solutions, has entered into a…
Stopping Fraud at the Gate: The New Imperative for Registration & Transaction Monitoring
The Asia-Pacific fintech landscape is thriving, fueled by the rapid adoption of digital payments, online banking and alternative…
KAF Digital Bank has received approval from Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) to begin onboarding the public following the…
WorldFirst, the cross-border payments arm of Ant International, has received a Class A Money Services Business license from…















