Digital Asia

As pandemic-related lockdowns and socio-economic restrictions ease around the world, governments and telecommunications operators are slowly resuming dormant or stalled 5G equipment agreements with the premier 5G infrastructure suppliers,…
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KUALA LUMPUR,  July 13 — Following an increase in hacking cases during the movement control order (MCO) period, the government will set up a master digital platform to ensure cyber security. Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department…
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The government is stepping up on its initiative to support small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to make their leap to the digital era. To help enable this, the Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) has introduced the #SMART Automation…
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Sunway Bhd (Sunway), Celcom Axiata Bhd (Celcom) and Huawei Technologies (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd (Huawei) yesterday sealed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to explore Malaysia’s first tripartite collaboration towards advancing smart township…
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The Securities Commission Malaysia has warned members of the public not to use digital currency ATMs, after a spate of scams and money laundering through the machines. The regulator issued a public warning earlier this week, telling…
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Valyou which claims to be Malaysia’s first wallet-to-wallet remittance service provider has announced a partnership with Nepal’s eSewa which enables the first Malaysia to Nepal eWallet remittance service. Nepalese residing in Malaysia can…
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SINGAPORE – Zilingo, a fashion tech platform backed by Temasek Holdings, has cut an additional 12 per cent of its global workforce as it extends cost-cutting measures to deal with Covid-19 fallout, according to a blog post. The latest cuts…
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Mastercard has announced its partnership with tonik, a two-year-old Fintech startup that has recently received a bank license in the Philippines. Mastercard aims to improve tonik’s position by enabling them to issue a range of electronic…
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State-owned commercial lender Bank of China has introduced UnionPay QR Code payment service in Malaysia. The move will enable the users to make cross-border payments. According to Xinhua, Bank of China Malaysia’s customers can make payment…
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Irrespective of socio-political divides, Malaysia has been consistent throughout the decades on one goal – the technological drive for the industry and its people has united us as a nation. Once a small agricultural nation, Malaysia has…
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