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MIDA, Maybank join forces to boost high growth sectors in Malaysia

The Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA), Malaysia's principal investment promotion agency, and Malayan Banking Berhad (Maybank), Malaysia’s largest bank, have formalized a strategic partnership through a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to jointly promote Malaysia as a premier global investment destination for high growth sectors.

Mestron, Trinasolar forge strategic partnership to accelerate Malaysia’s energy transition

Mestron Energy Sdn Bhd, the renewable energy arm of Mestron Holdings Berhad, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Trina Solar Co., Ltd (Trinasolar), a Chinese smart photovoltaic (PV) and energy storage solutions firm, to jointly advance Malaysia’s renewable energy capacity and accelerate the country’s clean energy transition.

MAS launches BLOOM initiative to enable tokenized, stablecoin settlements

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced Thursday a new initiative – BLOOM (Borderless, Liquid, Open, Online, Multi-currency), to extend settlement capabilities offered by financial institutions.

Alipay+ sees 45 percent year-on-year increase in mobile wallet transactions in Malaysia

Alipay+ said Thursday that Malaysia recorded the highest transaction growth in Southeast Asia with a 45 percent year-on-year increase, reflecting the country's status as the number one destination in the region and top five most popular global destinations for Alipay+ users; and the top growth market amongst Chinese travelers.

Six ASEAN payment networks sign MOU to standardize cross-border payments

Six national payment networks from five ASEAN countries have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to establish a common global standards body for non-card instant retail payments.

Salesforce announces expanded partnerships with OpenAI

Salesforce and OpenAI announced Thursday an expanded strategic partnership, establishing a new generation of employee and consumer experiences powered by Salesforce's Agentforce 360 and OpenAI frontier models.

Tradeview Capital, Funding Societies launch wholesale income fund to support businesses, provide stable investor returns

Tradeview Capital, a Malaysia-based boutique fund management company and Funding Societies, Southeast Asia’s largest unified small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) digital finance platform, announced Thursday the launch of the Tradeview Funding Societies Income Fund (TFSIF), a wholesale private credit fund designed to channel capital to SMEs while…

Shopee strengthens support for Malaysian MSMEs with $11.83M funding

Shopee, the e-commerce platform in Southeast Asia, Taiwan, and Brazil, announced Monday the launch of the MYR 50 million ($11.83 million) Shopee Rai Lokal MSME growth package to further support Malaysian micro, small, medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs).

SHOPLINE subsidiary secures in-principle approval for MPI from MAS

SHOPLINE, the global commerce platform, announced Thursday that it has received In-Principle Approval (IPA) from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) for a Major Payment Institution (MPI) license.

CFM’s Climate Investor two fund closes at $1.07B, becoming the largest climate adaptation infrastructure fund in emerging markets

Climate Fund Managers (CFM), a climate-focused blended finance investment manager, announced Monday the final close of its second blended finance facility, Climate Investor Two (CI2), at $1.07 billion.