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JCB Card Acceptance in Malaysia Expands with Soft Space, Hong Leong Partnership
Malaysian fintech-as-a-service provider Soft Space has signed an agreement with Japanese credit card company JCB to enable the former to work with local acquirers such as Hong Leong Bank (HLB) to promote JCB Card’s acceptance in the country. Sofitel Kuala
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Domenic Fuda to Retire as Hong Leong’s Group MD/CEO, Succeeded by Kevin Lam
Hong Leong Bank Berhad’s (HLBB) Group Managing Director and CEO Domenic Fuda will be retiring effective 30 June 2023. He will be succeeded by Kevin Lam Sai Yoke on 1 July 2023. Domenic joined Hong Leong in 2016 and under
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Hong Leong Beefs up Security With Emergency Lock, Cooling Off Period
Hong Leong Bank (HLB) and Hong Leong Islamic Bank have enabled the Emergency Lock feature for both the HLB Connect online as well as the mobile banking app starting March 2023 onwards. With this new feature, customers can quickly block
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Hong Leong Has Implemented Cashless Ecosystems at 16 Kota Kinabalu Schools
Hong Leong Bank announced that its ‘HLB@School’ programme has rolled out cashless ecosystems for 16 schools in Kota Kinabalu to date. The programme provides cashless payments, digital banking tools and financial infrastructure to schools and students. The students of these
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Malaysians Can Now Add Their Debit and Credit Cards to Google Wallet
Several Malaysian banks including CIMB, Hong Leong Bank (HLB), Hong Leong Islamic Bank (HLISB), Public Bank will be able to support the use of Google Wallet from today onwards. However, not all of these banks’ debit and credit card are
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Hong Leong Bank to Hold Physical Hackathon Focused on the Metaverse
Hong Leong Bank (HLB) is organising its “Can You Hack It” hackathon focused on re-imagining banking experiences through hyper-personalisation and the metaverse. This fully physical hackathon will be open to Malaysian residents where participants who are interested in joining should
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Hong Leong Partners PayNet to Turn Sekinchan Into the First Cashless Village
Hong Leong Bank (HLB) has formed a partnership with Payments Network Malaysia (PayNet) to roll out its first ‘Project Cashless Kampung’ in Sekinchan, Selangor. This project aims to push for financial inclusion by ensuring all 24,000 Sekinchan residents have access
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Hong Leong Seeks Fintech Startups For Its HLB LaunchPad Mentorship Programme
Last year, Hong Leong Bank Berhad launched its inaugural HLB LaunchPad with a vision of helping Malaysian fintech startups rethink the whole industry—similar to how ride-hailing reimagined the public transportation industry. To that end, Hong Leong is now opening up
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