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Capital A chief Fernandes demands answers from Microsoft with airlines losing ‘millions’ in global IT outage
The global tech glitch affected flights, banking and company operations in Malaysia, Hong Kong, Singapore, the United States, the United Kingdom, India and Australia, according to various media reports.
July 22, 2024
News,China,FinTech,Singapore,SEA,Malaysia
Capital A’s digital arm forms strategic partnership with Ant International
The partnership covers various areas, exploring to integrate more payment methods and providing acquiring services to Capital A’s platforms, work on digital marketing and sponsorship opportunities to drive business growth, and to cooperate in enhancing access to sustainable finance while transitioning to a low carbon economy for the Micro, Small & Medium…
March 29, 2024
SEA,Mergers and Acquisitions,Digital Transformation,Malaysia,Features
Tony Fernandes’s global empire to be broken up into five listed companies “utlimately”
“So in the end, my dream is when I retire, five listed companies, one in America and four in other parts of Asean,” Tony Fernandes said.
January 9, 2024
News,Asia,SEA,Mergers and Acquisitions
AirAsia parent Capital A to list brand management business on NASDAQ via SPAC deal
The proposed business combination will be at an indicative equity value of $1 billion based on an independent valuation of the AirAsia Brand.
November 2, 2023
News,Malaysia,SEA,Mergers and Acquisitions,Features
Malaysia’s Capital A prepares to raise more than $1B in debt, equity as it prepares New York SPAC listing – report
Fernandes has agreed a deal with Aetherium Acquisition, a special purpose acquisition company trading on NASDAQ, and plans to list several businesses through it next year, the FT reported.
October 25, 2023
Malaysia’s airasia Superapp 2Q average monthly active users up 40 percent on year to 15M
Airasia superapp continued to gain strong momentum, recording its highest quarterly average monthly active users (MAU) of 15 million in the second quarter of 2023, up 40 percent year on year. This led to a 102 percent year on year jump in the number of transactions at 7.9 million.
July 28, 2023
Capital A plans to launch ride-hailing in the Philippines challenging Grab – report
Capital A, previously known as AirAsia Group, has been aggressively building its digital businesses and super app over the last three years as most of its planes were grounded due to travel restrictions to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. The group has hoped to build its super app, modeling regional tech giants such as Grab’s and Gojek’s super apps which…
June 6, 2023
Malaysia’s Capital A ‘progressing’ with AirAsia Aviation, airasia Super App New York listing plan – report
The listing in the US market would be attractive given the liquidity and the diverse investor reach that it can provide, Capital A previously said.
September 6, 2022
Airasia Super App offers gig riders in Malaysia full-time employment
Airasia Super App, has become the first in Asia to provide gig riders with full-time employment, as part of its commitment in giving them a better working environment and job stability, while enhancing income opportunities for the riders.
August 5, 2022