Malaysia

Malaysia’s Yinson Production secures $1B investment from consortium of international investment firms to drive further growth

Malaysia-based floating storage, production and offloading (FPSO) vessels operator Yinson Production has secured $1 billion investment from consortium of international investment firms to drive further growth.

Maybank foresees Malaysia’s EMS to benefit from trade diversion and data center boom

Maybank Investment Bank has foreseen the Malaysian electronics manufacturing services (EMS) sector’s earnings to rebound in 2025, underpinned by trade diversion and data center (DC) boom.

YTL Digital Bank secures digital banking license to launch in Malaysia

The Ministry of Finance (MoF) of Malaysia has approved the issuance of a digital banking license to YTL Digital Bank Berhad, a joint venture between YTL Digital Capital Sdn Bhd and Sea Limited.

Grab, BYD team up to expand electric vehicle fleet offering across Southeast Asia

Singapore-based superapp Grab and China-based automaker BYD have on Wednesday announced a regional partnership to expand access to up to 50,000 BYD electric vehicles (EVs) to Grab’s driver-partners across Southeast Asia, while increasing the availability of green vehicles to Grab users.

E-commerce platform Shopee partners Malaysia’s Takaful IKHLAS to offer Shariah-compliant motor insurance

The latest addition to Shopee’s growing suite of digital insurance and takaful offerings, IKHLAS Private Car Comprehensive Plus Takaful, aims to provide holistic, Shariah compliant motor takaful protection to users.

SEEK announces leadership appointments to drive further growth of Jobstreet in Singapore, Malaysia

SEEK, the parent company of Asia’s online employment marketplaces Jobstreet and Jobsdb, has announced senior leadership changes to support its growth agenda in the region.

Moomoo and TradingView team up for trading integration

Global fintech trading and wealth management platform Moomoo has partnered with United States-based charting platform and social network for traders TradingView, to deliver seamless trading integration.

MDEC launches initiative to accelerate SME digital transformation across Malaysia

The Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC), under the purview of the Ministry of Digital, has launched an initiative to accelerate small medium enterprises (SMEs) digital transformation in Malaysia, starting with the northern state of Penang.

AirAsia MOVE appoints travel industry veteran Manfredi Lefebvre d’Ovidio as Chairman

Malaysia-based Capital A's online travel agent (OTA) platform AirAsia MOVE has announced the appointment of Manfredi Lefebvre d’Ovidio as its new Executive Chairman, effective immediately.

Malaysia’s WORQ aims to grow total co-working space to 450,000 sq ft by 2025

WORQ is an award-winning productivity community and flexible workspace provider founded in 2017, in Kuala Lumpur. WORQ’s investors include Cradle Fund, an agency under the Malaysian Ministry of Finance; Philip Capital, an integrated Asian financial house with a global presence; SMG, an investment holding company co-founded by the founding partner of Jungle…