Winners for Malaysia’s First Fintech Award
It’s been a great journey being part of Malaysia first Fintech Award we’re proud to have been one of the 4 judges appointed to help recognize the achievements and the progress of the fintech industry...
View ArticleAllianz Partners with FAOM to Offer Free Insurance for Fintech Startups
Start-ups that are members of the FinTech Association of Malaysia (FAOM) will be receiving free insurance coverage from Allianz Malaysia. Allianz will be offering a free annual Group Personal Accident...
View ArticleGrab Drives Fintech Ambitions with Grab Financial
Following Grab’s previous announcement on GrabPay and acquisition of Kudo, Anthony Tan, Co Founder and Group CEO announced the company’s ambitions to further strengthen their play in the fintech...
View ArticleCIMB partners with Philippines’ Leading Fintech Player FINTQ and Bayad
CIMB Bank Berhad, through its branch that is being set up in the Philippines, CIMB Bank Philippines Inc., recently entered into partnership agreements with FINTQ and Bayad Center Inc both affiliates of...
View ArticleSC and BNM To Joins Forces to Accelerate Digitisation of Stockbroking through...
The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) and Bank Negara (BNM) established the Brokerage Industry Digitisation Group (BRIDGe), a joint working group between regulators and industry to accelerate the...
View ArticleSC Opens Up Application For New P2P Lending and ECF Players
Tan Sri Ranjit Singh announced that the Securities Commission Malaysia will be widening access to alternative based investing avenues like Peer-to-peer (P2P) lending and Equity Crowdfunding as a part...
View ArticleWhat Is BNM’s ICTF and What Does It Mean For a Cashless Malaysia
Bank Negara Malaysia has issued the Interoperable Credit Transfer Framework (ICTF) on 20th March 2018, which has taken into account feedback received during the public consultation period on the...
View ArticleHelloGold Turns Plastic into Gold with KLEAN
Malaysians will soon be the first to earn gold by recycling their plastic bottles and aluminum cans. Southeast Asian fintech firm HelloGold and Malaysia’s reverse-vending machine (RVM) company KLEAN...
View ArticleFintech Review: MoneyMatch’s Currency Exchange Service
Just a couple of weeks ago I had the opportunity to attend the Money 20/20 conference at Singapore, seeing as I was attending a fintech conference and in need some Singaporean Dollars I figured it was...
View ArticleMalaysia’s ICOs Moves Beyond Fintech as Marketplace Player ServisHero Eyes ICO
Malaysia’s ICO scene seems to be maturing following a successful ICOs by the likes of HelloGold, and large players like Air Asia mulling their own ICO. The latest to join the game is Malaysia’s very...
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