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BIMB foresees carbon tax to add $240M to Malaysian government coffer
BIMB Securities Research has foreseen carbon tax to add MYR 1 billion ($240 million) to the Malaysian government coffer.
August 7, 2025
Khazanah to support more than 100 Malaysian MTCs via Dana Impak
Khazanah Nasional Berhad via Dana Impak, is catalyzing efforts to support Malaysian Mid-Tier Companies (MTC) through a dual-track approach of capacity development and mobilizing growth capital via private credit and private equity strategies.
August 7, 2025
Analysts foresee Malaysia’s National AI Action Plan 2030 to spur AI adoption
Analysts have foreseen Malaysia's National AI Action Plan 2030 to spur the artificial intelligence (AI) adoption across the country.
August 7, 2025
Schneider Electric, DSTA to collaborate on green technologies and cybersecurity
Schneider Electric Singapore and Defense Science and Technology Agency (DSTA) will be collaborating on the advancement of several green technologies through a memorandum of understanding (MOU).
August 7, 2025
Maybank sees slight concerns for Shopee in Brazil amid MELI’s competitive moves
Maybank Investment Bank has foreseen slight concerns for Singapore-based technology conglomerate Sea Ltd's e-commerce arm Shopee in Brazil amid MercadoLibre (MELI)'s several competitive moves.
August 7, 2025
News,Thailand,Digital Transformation,Malaysia
Malaysia, Thailand ink ten MOUs for $47.28M potential digital exports
Malaysian tech companies and Thai partners have signed ten memorandums of understanding (MoUs) which are expected to generate over MYR 200 million ($47.28 million) in potential digital export opportunities for these local tech companies.
August 7, 2025
Malaysia’s tokenized asset market could reach $43B by 2030
Malaysia’s tokenized asset market could reach $43 billion by 2030, spanning regulated products such as unit trusts, bonds and sukuk, a whitepaper showed Wednesday.
August 7, 2025
Adyen Retail Report: 58 percent of Malaysians now use AI to shop, surpassing global average
Malaysian shoppers are increasingly embracing artificial intelligence (AI), with 58 percent saying they use it to enhance how they shop, a report showed Wednesday.
August 7, 2025
Singapore’s Carro preparing for US IPO with over $3B valuation – report
The unicorn is aiming for a valuation of more than $3 billion, Reuters reported.
August 6, 2025
News,Indonesia,FinTech,Malaysia,Thailand
Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand expand local currency transaction framework
Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM), Bank Indonesia (BI) and the Bank of Thailand (BOT) have announced the appointment of additional qualified commercial banks to operationalize the Local Currency Transaction Framework (LCTF).
August 6, 2025
AI agents gain momentum across Malaysian Organizations : Workday
September 1, 2025
ZenicHub launches co-working space and tech accelerator in Bangkok
September 1, 2025
Google Cloud doubles down on enterprise AI commitment to Singapore
September 1, 2025
AI agents gain momentum across Malaysian Organizations : Workday
September 1, 2025
ZenicHub launches co-working space and tech accelerator in Bangkok
September 1, 2025
Google Cloud doubles down on enterprise AI commitment to Singapore
September 1, 2025