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KAF Digital Bank receives Malaysia’s green light for public onboarding
KAF Digital Bank announced Thursday it has received regulatory approval from Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) to officially onboard members of the public as customers, following the successful completion of its rigorous PERINTIS Phase.
IMAS, UK’s IA join MAS’ Project Guardian to drive international collaboration, innovation in digital assets
The Investment Management Association of Singapore (IMAS) and UK's Investment Association (IA) have announced their participation in Project Guardian, an international initiative led by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to explore the potential of blockchain and asset tokenization.
Ant International’s WorldFirst gets approval to provide payment services in Malaysia
WorldFirst, the payment firm of Ant International, has secured approval to provide payment services in Malaysia.
The RegTech paradox: Why faster doesn’t always mean riskier
We’re entering a new era of digital finance: borderless, fast-moving, AI-powered. But if our compliance systems still move like it’s 2013, we’re dragging yesterday’s infrastructure into tomorrow’s markets. The good news? Change is already happening.
Singapore’s AgnesAI surpasses 20,000 daily active users in three weeks
AgnesAI, an artificial intelligence (AI)-native collaboration platform developed by a team of researchers and engineers from the National University of Singapore (NUS), has rapidly reached over 20,000 daily active users (DAU) in under three weeks since its debut on Product Hunt.
SG Enviro secures $6M investment from Emerald Technology Ventures to drive SEA expansion
SG Enviro (SGE), a Singapore-based industrial wastewater engineering firm, announced Monday it has secured S$8 million ($6.22 million) in strategic investment led by Emerald Technology Ventures, a global climate-tech venture capital.
BIMB foresees carbon tax to add $240M to Malaysian government coffer
BIMB Securities Research has foreseen carbon tax to add MYR 1 billion ($240 million) to the Malaysian government coffer.
Khazanah to support more than 100 Malaysian MTCs via Dana Impak
Khazanah Nasional Berhad via Dana Impak, is catalyzing efforts to support Malaysian Mid-Tier Companies (MTC) through a dual-track approach of capacity development and mobilizing growth capital via private credit and private equity strategies.
Analysts foresee Malaysia’s National AI Action Plan 2030 to spur AI adoption
Analysts have foreseen Malaysia's National AI Action Plan 2030 to spur the artificial intelligence (AI) adoption across the country.
Schneider Electric, DSTA to collaborate on green technologies and cybersecurity
Schneider Electric Singapore and Defense Science and Technology Agency (DSTA) will be collaborating on the advancement of several green technologies through a memorandum of understanding (MOU).
