Malaysia

Australia's AirTrunk has secured $2.325 billion in green project financing under its Green Financing Framework to support the development of its JHB2 hyperscale data center campus in Johor Bahru, Malaysia.

Malaysia-based budget airline Batik Air and YeePay, one of China's payment service providers, have signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to strengthen connectivity between China and Malaysia through integrated digital payment and air ticket distribution solutions.

Following a total of $26 million-Series C funding round—backed by investors including sovereign wealth funds Khazanah Nasional and Japan’s Cool Japan Fund— Malaysia-based insurtech firm PolicyStreet is doubling down on its Asian expansion, leveraging its newly achieved profitability to scale embedded insurance across digital platforms.

Switzerland's Cicor Group (SIX: CICN), a contract electronics manufacturer, will acquire EDMI Electronics Sdn. Bhd. in Johor, Malaysia, which is in turn a manufacturing subsidiary of Singapore-headquartered smart metering company EDMI Limited, for $15 million-$20 million.

In a Linkedin post on Monday, MDEC said The Ministry of Digital and the agency are not involved in the planning, approval, or promotion of the Malaysia Blockchain Week 2026 after-party, including the selection of its guests.

Malaysia-based Sime Darby Property NEV (Holdings) Sdn. Bhd, a member of Sime Darby Property Berhad’s New Economy Venture (NEV) platform, has established a Sukuk Program of up to MYR 2.60 billion ($640 million) to finance the development of build-to-suit-to-lease data centers, and industrial and logistics assets.

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Cryptocurrencies account for 6 percent of the mean asset allocation among affluent and high net worth investors globally in 2026, down one percentage point from 2025, according to the HSBC Affluent Investor Snapshot 2026.

Samsung Malaysia Electronics and Malayan Banking Berhad (Maybank) have jointly launched QR payment functionality within Samsung Wallet in Malaysia, allowing eligible Samsung Galaxy users to access Maybank's MAE Scan & Pay feature natively within the wallet application from July 21, 2026.

Japan's JCB International and Malaysia's Fiuu, a payment processing platform formerly known as Razer Merchant Services, have entered into a direct acquiring partnership covering Malaysia, Singapore, and the Philippines, enabling JCB card payments across online and offline merchant channels in the three markets.