Malaysia
Fintech Malaysia Report 2017
Note: We’ve update this report, the 2018 edition of the Fintech Report can be found here In the context of conversations surrounding fintech opportunities in South East Asia, Malaysia is often overlooked in lieu of Singapore. While it is true
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Bank Negara Malaysia: Islamic Fintech Needs to Be a Boardroom Priority for Islamic Finance
In his opening speech at the Islamic Fintech Forum Dialogue, Assistant Governor of Bank Negara Malaysia Mr. Marzunisham Omar called the Islamic Finance industry to take a more active role in fintech. According to the Assistant Governor, digital-banking consumers stand at
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Who Is Standard Chartered Bank Malaysia’s New CEO, Abrar A. Anwar?
Abrar A. Anwar is the new CEO of Standard Chartered Bank Malaysia. Standard Chartered Bank is Malaysia’s first bank, set-up back in 1875, with global operations hub named Scope International which provides support to across 70 countries that Standard Chartered Bank
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Supercharger Fintech Accelerator Malaysia Unveils 10 Finalists
The SuperCharger FinTech Accelerator programme kicked off its 12-week programme today by introducing 10 international start-ups as the finalists for this platform. The programme comes as a partnership between leading financial institutions, Standard Chartered Bank and Allianz Malaysia, as well
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Southeast Asia’s First Online Personal Loan Application Processing Via Chatbot
RHB Bank Berhad (“RHB”)—Malaysia’s fourth largest fully integrated financial services group—in collaboration with RinggitPlus—Malaysia’s leading comparison website for financial products—today introduced ‘ChatBot’, the first real-time messenger-style platform in Southeast Asia to facilitate personal loan applications. Consumers can now apply for
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Fundaztic to fill the RM80 Billion Funding Gap to SMEs: Malaysian P2P Lending Platform
Fundaztic.com made its debut on the peer-to-peer (P2P) financing platform with a low entry barrier investment of RM50 (12USD), and is now expecting to draw investors to fund more than 500 micro and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), and startups within
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10 Fast Growing Fintech for Malaysia
IDC Financial Insights unveiled a list of 10 fast growing fintech in Malaysia, part of the broader FinTech 101 list for Asia/Pacific, at the FinTech Innovation Summit 2017 held at InterContinental, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. “IDC’s FinTech Fast 101” refers to the
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China’s Fastest Growing Fintech Startup, iPayLinks Debuts in Malaysia
During the launch of the 9th BankTech Asia at Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, iPayLinks’ SEA Regional Head, Tang Wai Zhuan announced the group’s strategic decision to expand into the Southeast Asia’s market, with Malaysia being the maiden market and ASEAN
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Malaysian Banks Have to Disrupt themselves! Winners of Fin5ive Banktech Competition
In a room of over 200 senior level bankers, Deputy Finance Minister I, YB Dato’ Wira Othman Aziz made a call to Malaysian banks during his opening speech at the 9th BankTech Asia Conference & Exhibition to disrupt themselves before
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MyCash Raises RM1.3 Million in 24 Hours via Equity Crowdfunding
MyCash Online, a fintech startup that is providing online services to the unbanked has raised RM1.3M (300k USD) in 24 hours in their equity crowdfunding campaign on pitchIN. Cradle Fund Sdn Bhd (Cradle) led the funding round through their co-investment
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