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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SME digital financing platform Funding Societies Malaysia will provide credit facilities for PROTON dealers to finance the purchase…
KPJ Healthcare Berhad (KPJ Healthcare) is collaborating with Pine Labs, a merchant commerce omnichannel platform, to offer flexible…
BigPay announced that it had achieved a new milestone for its international remittance feature. The company said it had…
RHB Banking Group has appointed Ryan Teoh as its new group chief strategy and innovation officer, effective November…
The COVID pandemic has forever changed how businesses operate, from digitising operations, and remote working, to loan financings…
Touch ‘n Go Group’s TNG Digital has collaborated with Ant Group’s Alipay+ to allow the Touch ‘n Go…
Two Malaysian fintech companies’ co-founders and CEOs received the ASEAN FinTech Leaders awards at the recent Singapore Fintech…
Payments company Euronet has entered a strategic collaboration with TNG Digital to expand the use of its Touch…
Australia and New Zealand. Two nations so alike, but in other ways so different; an antipodean version of…
The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) announced four new digital-related initiatives to spur the growth of the capital market…
Tune Protect Ventures, a wholly owned subsidiary of Tune Protect Group, has received conditional approval from Bank Negara…
Japan-based global payments brand JCB has launched a central bank digital currency (CBDC) pilot project in partnership with…
Invest Hong Kong (InvestHK) has unveiled details of Hong Kong Fintech Week 2022 (HKFW), which will take place…
Ambank’s Managing Director of Wholesale Banking, Raja Teh Maimunah will be appointed as the CEO of Islamic digital…
SME digital financing platform Funding Societies Malaysia announced that it has appointed Chai Kien Poon as Country Head…
The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) has signed the IOSCO Asia Pacific Regional Committee’s (APRC) Multilateral Memorandum of Understanding…
Payments firm Instapay Technologies announced the launch of the Glyd Prepaid Corporate Card for small and mid-size enterprises…
The global Islamic fintech industry is worth an estimated RM372.56 billion ($79 billion) and is growing rapidly. Southeast…
In 2021, over 7.2 billion transactions were made with e-payment channels in Malaysia, a 30% year-on-year increase. This…
The Malaysian government has set up a National Scam Response Center (NSRC) to streamline coordination between agencies for…
Affin Bank has partnered with global technology services firm Aspire Systems to lead its digital banking transformation journey.…
Insurtech platform PolicyStreet has appointed former Carousell Malaysia country head Tang Siew Wai as its new Chief Digital…















