FinTech

Maybank Investment Bank sees Sea's first quarter results reinforce its ability to sustain high growth while deepening structural advantages in e-commerce, logistics and digital finance.

The award recognises the joint achievement of both organisations in deploying enterprise-grade AI technology to deliver personalised, scalable financial services and bring best-in-class customer experiences in Malaysia, according to a statement.

Financial institutions across Asia-Pacific are moving aggressively to build digital asset infrastructure, with custody and tokenized securities emerging as key priorities, according to 2026 survey report “The Financial Grid” conducted by digital asset infrastructure company Fireblocks.

Most bankers expect artificial intelligence (AI) agents to become part of the workforce within the next five years, according to the “AI in Banking Benchmark” report released by NASDAQ-listed nCino, a platform for agentic AI banking.

Finan, the Singapore-headquartered company known for small-business management platform SoBanHang serving Vietnamese firms, has raised an investment in a pre-Series A funding round with participation from OSK-SBI Venture Partners.

TNG Digital Sdn. Bhd, the operator of Malaysia’s digital financial services and lifestyle app TNG eWallet, has on Tuesday announced the launch of its first fully digital, in-app business financing platform that connects micro and small businesses to financial institutions, with CIMB Bank Berhad (CIMB) as its first financing partner on the platform.

With the inclusion principle integrated into main innovation projects, Ant International now links 2 billion user accounts with 150 million merchants through multi-layered partnerships, provides global account services to 1.6 million SMEs, and helps over 30 million underserved businesses and individuals access quality credit.

Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) and Bank Indonesia (BI) have signed a new memorandum of understanding (MoU) that strengthens bilateral cooperation between the two central banks.

Tencent Cloud, a cloud unit of Chinese giant Tencent, has partnered with Ryt Bank, an AI-powered bank in Malaysia, to support conversational banking services for everyday payments.

Indonesia’s buy now pay later (BNPL) firm Kredivo has acquired nearly 100 percent of Timo Digital Bank, a Vietnamese digital banking platform developed in cooperation with Vietnamese major lender BVBank.