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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 MoreThe Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) has inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Securities and Exchange Regulator…
The revised Budget 2023, with a theme of ‘Developing Malaysia Madani’ was officially presented last week by Prime…
Malaysian insurtech company PolicyStreet announced that it has secured the Australian Financial Services License from the Australian Securities…
Financial inclusion is a vital aspect of economic growth, and it is critical to ensure that all individuals…
FWD Group inks deal to snap up a majority stake in Gibraltar BSN Life in a bid to…
Alliance Bank Malaysia has announced its new strategic plan Acceler8 that will be the blueprint for the bank’s…
Shopee has broadened its range of digital financial services to incorporate a personal loan product named SLoan. While…
Payments platform Fave announced that its Founder and Chief Executive Officer Joel Neoh will leave his role by…
RHB Banking Group’s recently concluded ‘Get Your Hack On’: ASEAN Edition 2023 Hackathon drew more than 400 technology-savvy…
Singapore-based Inypay announced that it will be launching its neobank, which has been in development for over 6…
During the cryptocurrency frenzy of the mid- to late-2010s, the HelloGold gold savings app was launched in Malaysia…
Malaysian insurtech startup Fi Life announced today the launch of its first self-underwritten life insurance product which claims…
The ease of digital banking is no longer an exception; consumers expect it. Additionally, they expect omnichannel and…
Southeast Asian superapp Grab has appointed Adelene Foo as Managing Director of Grab Malaysia to succeed Sean Goh,…
Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are innovative, agile and drive competition. However, they’re often shuffled to the back…
Pan-Asian venture capital (VC) firm Gobi Partners announced that it has onboarded two fintech firms to its Gobi…
Southeast Asian neobank BigPay has embarked on the first phase of its app enhancements with new design elements…
Maybank has introduced the ‘Kill Switch’ feature via Maybank2u (M2U) web and the MAE app as part of…
The Asia-Pacific region, with 13 countries that process US$17.8 billion in digital payments per year, tends to invite…
Singaporean tech conglomerate Sea announced that it will be creating more than 2,000 in Malaysia as part of…
Malaysian-based fintech HelloGold, a savings app that blended gold trading with blockchain technologies, has become the latest casualty…
Luno was the first digital assets exchange to be approved by the Securities Commission in Malaysia, opening the…
CIMB Bank and CIMB Islamic Bank has introduced a self-service ‘Lock Clicks ID’ feature which acts as a…















