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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 MoreIndian payment gateway provider Razorpay announced its first international expansion into Southeast Asia with the acquisition of a…
Axiata’s fintech arm Boost is offering micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) financing up to RM100,000 financed through…
Payments platform Fave announced that it has appointed Gary Yeoh as its Country Manager in Malaysia to oversee…
Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) and Bank Indonesia (BI) has launched a cross-border QR payment linkage to enable instant,…
Axiata Digital’s fintech arm Boost has its sights expanding its suite of services and deepening its regional presence…
The banking industry is in the midst of a period of intense transformation in Southeast Asia, and indeed…
The Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) has partnered with the ASEAN Fintech Group (AFG) with aims to enhance…
Al Rajhi Bank Malaysia has selected Thought Machine, a cloud native core banking technology firm, to power their…
SME digital financing platform Funding Societies Malaysia, announced that it has disbursed RM1 billion in financing to micro,…
Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) today announced the launch of Malaysia’s five-year financial sector blueprint during the opening of…
HSBC Malaysia has launched a multi-currency digital wallet that enables small-and-medium enterprises (SMEs) to make and receive international…
Digital banking has been displacing many branch interactions in the move towards digital. As consumers increasingly engage with…
Versa Asia, a Malaysian digital cash management platform, announced that it has achieved over RM 100 million in…
As Malaysia prepares to hand out its first digital banking licenses, fintech innovators, incumbent banks and tech providers…
Earned wage access (EWA) service provider Paywatch has raised US$ 5.25 million in a seed funding round led…
Malaysian online equities broker Rakuten Trade announced the expansion of its Cash Upfront Trading Account to include access…
Malaysian fintech startup Soft Space announced that it has formed a new strategic partnership with Japanese credit card…
Cross-border payments firm Tranglo has added Hong Kong as a receiving corridor on its cross-border payments network to…
Shariah-compliant P2P financing platform microLEAP has just been appointed by SME Corporation Malaysia (SME Corp) as the financial…
Bank Negara Malaysia on Tuesday issued the Discussion Paper on Licensing Framework for Digital Insurers and Takaful Operators.…
Fintech News Malaysia would like to take this opportunity to wish all our readers a Merry Christmas and…
OneSpan recently released its second annual Global Financial Regulations Report, that outlines major developments in the regulatory landscape.…
Axiata Digital’s e-wallet Boost is running an eDonation campaign to help provide much needed assistance for flood victims…















