Green Packet Gets Ready For Digital Bank
TWO months after returning to the helm of GREEN PACKET BHD, technology whiz C.C. Puan laid out his vision for the group – to become a digital financial…
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Central Bank Digital Currency: Just Digital Money?
Digital money is a payment method which exists only in electronic form. In Malaysia, we already use some form of digital money or digital cash or digital…
Indonesia to impose VAT on streaming, digital services from July
JAKARTA: Indonesia will require big internet companies to pay value-added taxes (VAT) on sales of digital products and services from July as part of efforts…
Gobi Partners and MDEC announce RM15 mil funding for SuperSeed II winners
KUALA LUMPUR : Pan-Asian venture capital firm Gobi Partners and Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) have announced funding of up to RM15 million to be…
Multinational brands support RM1 mil frontliners campaign
PETALING JAYA: The marketing communications industry today launched a “Celebrating Heroes Campaign” to honour frontliners fighting against the spread of…
Future generation may not have full-time jobs, warns govt tech body
PETALING JAYA: A Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) director said future jobs will either be on contract basis, part-time or temporary and the coming…
Philippines-based home services platform GoodWork raised $1.6m
GoodWork, a Philippines-based booking platform for home services, has raised a $1.6 million seed round it will use to expand into new Southeast Asian markets.…
South Korea to focus on 5G, AI in post-COVID economic recovery
As the global economy continues to slow down amidst fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, organizations are looking towards governments who can stimulate…
Coronavirus’ boost to online consumption in Asia lifts more than…
Consumers around Asia have been locked down, had their travel restricted, and been forced to spend more time with their families. Their digital consumption has…
Alibaba Reaffirms Commitment to Support Malaysia as Regional Trade
As the global battle against Covid-19 continues, Alibaba Group, has reaffirmed its commitment to expand its logistics operations to support Covid-19 relief…