Malaysia

Malaysia’s JAZRO bags investment from Gobi Partners to make robotics education accessible to all children

This strategic investment will enable JAZRO to expand its educational offerings and reach more young learners, nurturing a new generation of tech-savvy innovators.

MDEC & martech web3 firm Emerge Group form strategic partnership to propel Malaysia as a Web3 gaming hub in SE Asia

EMERGE Group will leverage its extensive network of Web3 gaming partnerships, including collaborations with Gala Games, Immutable X, TZ APAC, Sei and other leading Web3 gaming projects, to identify synergies and advance Web3 game publishing.

Bursa Malaysia, TNG Digital, Affin Hwang Investment team up to launch equities market trading feature within the TNG eWallet

Bursa Malaysia Berhad, TNG Digital Sdn. Bhd., and Affin Hwang Investment Bank Berhad have on Tuesday announced the launch of e-Trade, the first equities market trading feature within the TNG eWallet.

Maybank partners Bank of Hangzhou to enhance cross border financing, advancing AI, digital innovation

Malayan Banking Berhad (Maybank) has announced on Thursday announced a strategic collaboration with Chinese lender Bank of Hangzhou to enhance cross border financing and advancing artificial intelligence (AI), Digital innovation.

Malaysians lose $2.8B to scams in a year as AI-powered scam on the rise

Malaysians lose $12.8 billion to scams in a year, equivalent to 3 percent of the nation's gross domestic product (GDP), as artificial intelligence (AI)-powered scams on the rise, a report said Thursday.

RHB sees Malaysia to become the largest data center hub in ASEAN

Malaysia is poised to become the largest data center hub in the region with about 4GW of inventories projected to come on stream over the next four to five years, RHB Research said Wednesday.

KLDX partners AsiaNext to drive cross border innovation and growth in digital asset markets

KLDX, a regulated digital assets platform in Malaysia for private markets and AsiaNext, a Singapore-based digital asset exchange for institutional investors, have on Monday announced a strategic memorandum of understanding (MOU) to collaborate on cross-border digital asset listings, liquidity sharing, and joint product development.

Oracle to invest $6.5B in AI and cloud computing in Malaysia

American multinational computer technology company Oracle has on Wednesday announced plans to invest more than $6.5 billion to open a public cloud region in Malaysia to meet the rapidly growing demand for artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud services in the country.

Securities Commission Malaysia unveils three initiatives to spur innovation

The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) will introduce a regulatory sandbox and enhance its regulatory framework to encourage securities tokenization to help spur innovations in the capital market.

Malaysia plans National Cloud Policy, AI regulatory framework

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said Tuesday that the country plans to create a national cloud policy and artificial intelligence (AI) regulatory framework.