Malaysia

Malaysia’s AME Elite to build Hyatech’s aerospace and medical device facility in i-TechValley

Malaysia-based integrated industrial space solutions provider AME Elite Consortium Berhad, via its subsidiary Pentagon Land Sdn Bhd, will build a manufacturing facility for HYA Industry (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd, the Malaysian unit of Shanghai-listed Wuxi Hyatech Co., Ltd (Hyatech).

MRCB, TECO team up to develop AI-ready Modular Data Centers in Malaysia

Malaysian Resources Corporation Berhad (MRCB) and Taiwan-based TECO Electric & Machinery Co., Ltd. (TECO) have on Monday signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to establish a strategic partnership for the development, deployment and operational validation of next-generation artificial intelligence (AI)-ready Modular Data Centers (MDC), designed to…

Malaysia ranks third globally for AI adoption in finance at 85%, but 58% still want human oversight: HSBC

As many as 85 percent of affluent and high-net-worth investors in Malaysia use AI tools for finance and investment, ranking the country third among ten markets surveyed, according to HSBC.

Fintech solution Bettr, under Singapore’s Ant International, launches Shariah-compliant Umrah financing with Muslim Pro in Malaysia

Bettr, the embedded finance platform under Singapore's Ant International, has partnered with Muslim Pro, an Islamic lifestyle app with more than 190 million downloads across more than 190 markets, to launch an Umrah financing solution in Malaysia for eligible Muslim users planning the pilgrimage.

Malaysia to host AI upskilling event, launch Rakyat Digital portal on August 11-12

Malaysia's Ministry of Digital and MyDIGITAL Corporation will co-host the AI Malaysia Takeover 2026 (AIMTO_26), a two-day event in Kuala Lumpur on August 11-12, to push Malaysia's AI readiness and digital adoption.

U.S. China optics curbs may boost Malaysia manufacturing – analysts

Malaysia could benefit from a proposed U.S. ban on imports of new Chinese optical transceiver models, as global suppliers expand production outside China to support artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure, analysts said.

AI chip demand emerges key driver of Malaysia’s E&E exports – RHB

Malaysia's electrical and electronics (E&E) export performance is increasingly tied to global demand for artificial intelligence (AI)-driven semiconductors rather than exchange rate movements, underscoring the country's deeper integration into the global chip supply chain, RHB Investment Bank Research said Friday.

Maybank collaborates with MAS to advance programmable cross-border settlement

Maybank Singapore announced Thursday its participation in the Monetary Authority of Singapore's (MAS) BLOOM initiative, reinforcing its commitment to advancing next-generation, best-in-class cross-border payments and transaction banking infrastructure.

Delivery Hero invests $5M in Malaysia to strengthen regional operations, customer experience

Germany-based online food ordering and delivery company Delivery Hero has invested more than MYR 20 million ($4.89 million) in Malaysia to strengthen regional operations and customer experience.

Malaysia’s Qmed Asia, Intel to jointly build unified hospital patient monitoring platform

Malaysia's Qmed Asia and United States chipmaker Intel will cooperate to develop a unified patient monitoring platform for hospitals, combining Intel's Patient Monitoring Hub Reference Implementation with Qmed Asia's healthcare software to consolidate fragmented bedside data into a centralized Smart Ward dashboard.