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Malaysia’s e-commerce revenue for the first nine months of 2025 reached MYR 937.5 billion ($226.67 billion U.S. dollars), an increase of 1.9 percent compared to the same period in 2024.

MUFG Bank (Malaysia) Berhad, a subsidiary of global financial institution, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. (MUFG), has extended a new revolving working capital facility totaling MYR 150 million ($36.27 million) to CARSOME Capital Sdn Bhd (Carsome Capital), the financing arm of Carsome Group, a Southeast Asia’s integrated automotive e-commerce…

HSBC Malaysia has recently provided its first social loan facility to Bay Harbour Ventures Sdn Bhd (BHV), a special purpose vehicle by peer-to-peer (P2P) lender CapBay.

The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) has announced the selection of six participants for the inaugural cohort of its Regulatory Sandbox.

DHL Summit Solutions, Inc. (DSSI), the joint venture between DHL Supply Chain APAC and JG Summit Holdings, Inc., marked a major milestone in its sustainability journey on Wednesday with the inauguration of its Electric Vehicle (EV) fleet.

Apis Partners Group (UK) Limited, a global private equity firm focused on investments at the intersection of financial services and technology, and Asia Partners, an investor in high-growth companies across Asia, have announced a joint investment in the $60 million Series C fundraise by Roojai, Thailand’s direct-to-consumer (D2C) digital insurer.

ComfortDelGro Corporation Limited announced Tuesday that its subsidiary, ComfortDelGro (China) Pte. Ltd., has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Hello Robotaxi to collaborate on large-scale commercial Robotaxi deployment in China and overseas markets.

Japan-based SoftBank Group Corp. announced Wednesday that it has completed the acquisition of all equity interests in Ampere Computing Holdings LLC, a U.S.-based semiconductor design company, through its subsidiary Silver Bands 6 (US) Corp.

SUSI Partners, through the SUSI Asia Energy Transition Fund (SAETF), has successfully realized its investment in Singapore-based renewable energy developer Alba Renewables (Alba), following Alba’s acquisition by leading global investment firm Brookfield.

On the eve of the XIN Summit (powered by BEYOND), two major pre-summit programs — XIN Summit Media Day and the Entrepreneurs Next Star & Million Prize Global Challenge 2025 Awards Ceremony — set the stage for a landmark gathering of global deep-tech innovators.