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Adyen appoints Ben Wong as general manager, Southeast Asia and Hong Kong
Adyen has announced the appointment of Ben Wong as general manager for Southeast Asia and Hong Kong.
SC Malaysia unveils three initiatives to spur innovation at SCxSC Fintech Summit 2024
Regulatory sandbox, securities tokenization, tokenized bonds with Khazanah
Tech-agnostic approach for tokenised securities and identify best practices
Aspire sets new standards for compliance excellence with 5x growth in IT security, risk and compliance teams
Aspire has announced the expansion of its compliance, risk, and IT security teams, which have grown fivefold in the last 24 months.
APU selected for "Program Akar" digital skills training initiative
PayNet launches "Program Akar," to address Malaysia's need for digitally skilled workers
Broadridge appoints David Runacres as President of APAC
Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. has announced the appointment of David Runacres as President of Asia-Pacific effective immediately.
Funding Societies’ Islamic financing solutions empower over 2,500 Malaysian MSMEs with US$64 mil disbursed within first year of launch
Funding Societies has disbursed US$64 million in Islamic business financing to more than 2,500 MSMEs in Malaysia.
Jirnexu acquires CompareHero Malaysia from Nasdaq listed MoneyHero in all-shares deal
Terms of transaction not disclosed, expected to close in July
Possibly first time SEA startup has acquired country assets of a Nasdaq company
Atome Financial secures US$100 debt facility from EvolutionX to drive profitable expansion in Southeast Asia
Atome Financial has secured a three-year term loan facility from EvolutionX Debt Capital and is concurrently working with others investors to fully utilize the accordion feature of the facility, which can increase the total amount to up to US$100 million.
Ant International picks Malaysia for its Digital Business Centre, hiring 500 with eye to grow ‘huge operations centre’
Multi-ethnic culture coupled with talent, cost based, supportive policies key draw
Deliver services from all 4 key pillars of Ant International’s business to global customers
Malaysia rolls out bold plans at the inaugural KL20 Summit
Malaysia laid out an ambitious roadmap to transform itself into one of the world's top 20 startup ecosystems at the opening of the inaugural KL20 Summit.