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Antom, a merchant payment and digitization services provider under Ant International, announced Thursday the launch of an agentic payment solution, featuring a first-of-its-kind secure APM checkout solution.

Anwar said JD.com also intends to buy more Malaysian products to market in China. Earlier, the prime minister, who is on a four-day working visit to China, held a business meeting with the company's top management led by JD Logistics CEO and executive strategy member Hu Wei.

Paydibs, a Malaysia-based digital payments firm, has announced a strategic partnership with Alipay+, a global wallet unit under Ant International, to expand cross-border payment capabilities.

BDx Data Centers (BDx), a data center operator in Asia, Tuesday announced a strategic partnership with HEXA Renewables, a regional renewable energy firm, to create an innovative cross-border model that adds new clean energy capacity to the region, specifically the Singapore-Malaysia energy grid.

Indonesian state-owned fund Danantara has partnered with GEM, the China-based green metallurgy and circular economy solutions firm, to develop a $1.42 billion high-pressure acid leaching (HPAL) smelter facility in Indonesia.

Malaysian property firm Chin Hin Group has entered into a strategic customer cooperation agreement with Kingdee International Software Group, a provider of digital management solutions listed on Hong Kong, to boost artificial intelligence (AI) and accelerate regional growth.

Chinese technology company ZTE Corporation announced Thursday the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Multimedia University (MMU) to collaborate on talent development initiatives in the fields of 5G, artificial intelligence (AI) and digital transformation.

Payments Network Malaysia Sdn Bhd (PayNet), Malaysia’s national payments network, and Ant International, a Chinese global digital payment, digitization and financial technology provider, have expanded their partnership with a new memorandum of understanding (MoU).

SUNRATE, the Singapore-based payment and treasury management platform, announced last Friday that it has secured a payment business license in China following its successful acquisition of a 100 percent stake in Transfar Pay, a unit of Shenzhen-listed Transfar Group.

WeRide, a China-based autonomous driving technology firm, announced last Friday that Grab, Southeast Asia’s leading superapp, has committed to a strategic equity investment in WeRide.