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CIMB Launches New All-in-One HR Solution for SMEs
CIMB Bank and CIMB Islamic Bank unveiled its BusinessHR.asia solution, offering an all-in-one human resources platform for business customers. Co-hosted with HReasily, a regional digital human resource solutions provider, the cloud-based solution has been created and designed with small and
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CapBay Snaps Up 49% Stake in Kenanga Capital Islamic to Set Up Islamic Fintech Joint Venture
CapBay, a Malaysian P2P supply chain financing platform, has acquired a 49% stake in Kenanga Capital Islamic, a subsidiary of Kenanga Investment Bank Berhad, forming a joint venture with the latter to create an Islamic Supply Chain Finance fintech firm.
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GHL Unveils Financial Supermarket Ambitions with GROW
Payments firm GHL has been gradually shedding from its pure payment play in a series of announcements it has made recently on new services and partnerships. In the 2nd quarter of 2020, they secured a lending license in Malaysia, Thailand
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Microsoft, MDEC and MaGIC Aims to Nurture Malaysian Unicorns Through New Partnership
Microsoft Malaysia in partnership with the Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) and the Malaysian Global Innovation & Creativity Centre (MaGIC) have launched the Highway to a 100 Unicorns initiative. This move is said to be part of a joint effort
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Hong Leong Bank Unveils Fully Digital Onboarding Experience for Customers
Following the publication of Bank Negara Malaysia’s (BNM) guideline on Electronic Know-Your-Customer (eKYC), Hong Leong Bank and Hong Leong Islamic Bank (HLB) announced the offering of a full digital onboarding experience for their customers. On the same day as HLB’s
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Green Packet Snaps up 51% Stake in Censof’s T-Melmax
Green Packet announced its acquisition of 51% majority stake in T-Melmax, a payment processing technology company owned by Censof Holdings, which specialises in financial management software solutions. The move is said to fill the gap in the market for SMEs,
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Building Malaysia’s First Unicorn?
The South East Asian startup scene is ripe with opportunities and home to some of the most exciting startups within Asia and beyond. The region has given birth to unicorns who are household names like Grab, Gojek, Sea Group, Traveloka,
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Loan Origination Software Firm JurisTech Acquires iMoney
JurisTech, today announced its acquisition of iMoney. JurisTech is a leading Malaysian based company, specialising in enterprise-class software solutions for banks, financial institutions, insurance providers, and telecommunications companies. iMoney’s websites and services are used by millions of consumers in Malaysia
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GHL Joins UNCDF’s i3 Program to Design Affordable Financial Solutions for SMEs
GHL Systems Berhad (GHL) and the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) today announced a new partnership through the i3 Program, which is funded by MetLife Foundation, to focus on designing affordable financial solutions for micro, small and medium enterprises
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Kenanga Capital Islamic Partners CapBay To Digitise Factoring Solution
Kenanga Investment Bank Berhad’s (“KIBB”) subsidiary, Kenanga Capital Islamic Sdn Bhd (KCI) has partnered with digital supply chain financing company, Bay Group Holdings Sdn Bhd (CapBay), in a bid to digitise the traditional factoring market in Malaysia. Registered and regulated
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