AmBank Group Inks MoU With APU To Develop Digital Talent

Partnership provides students with internship and career opportunities
APU provides list of interns while AmBank hires based on qualifications AmBank Group, through its entities AmBank (M), AmBank Islamic, and AmInvestment Bank have signed an MoU with Asia Pacific University of Technology & Innovation (APU), to share knowledge and expertise, provide internship and career…Continue Reading

Qoala raises US.5 mil Series B+ round

Funds will be channeled towards regional expansion
Claimed its customers have benefited from over US$30mil in claims Qoala has completed its Series B+ funding round, raising US$7.5 million (RM33 million). 
In a statement, the Indonesian based Southeast Asian insurtech said the round led by European investment firm, responsAbility Investments AG, with participation from Appworks…Continue Reading

CPA Australia: Young Malaysian small business owners drive up tech focus

72.2% expect to grow in 2023, compared to 54.6% last year
Increasing attention on innovation & technology will support long term growth Malaysian small businesses are upbeat about their business and the economy. Meanwhile, young business owners are driving an increasing focus on technology and innovation in their small businesses. These are some of…Continue Reading

Khazanah Partners Sunway Education Group To Launch 42 Malaysia

Free for those 18 & above, develop 10k tech talent within 10 years
Expanding beyond KL campus with sites in Johor, Penang & Kuching in coming years Khazanah Nasional, Malaysia’s sovereign wealth fund, entered into a joint venture with Sunway Education Group (SEG) to establish 42 Malaysia (42MY), a peer-to-peer computer science school that aims to develop 10,000…Continue Reading

Solarvest brings back its Innovation Lab for 2023

Key focus on greentech, fintech and renewable energy
Two rounds of funding from concept to execution, funding of up to US$22,590 Solarvest Holdings Bhd has launched the Solarvest Innovation Lab 2023 (SIL 2023), a continuance and revitalization of the startup programme that first ran in 2021. The programme is designed to provide…Continue Reading

CashKu signs MoU with Kakitangan.com

Users can save or invest for as low as US$2.26 
Make app accessible to M’sians, help them plan for retirement Advisonomics, a licensed financial planning firm, has partnered with Kakitangan.com to make the CashKu mobile app accessible to more Malaysians.  
In a statement, the cloud payroll and HR software provider said both parties…Continue Reading

Fuelling Startups To Power Malaysia’s Future

PETRONAS FutureTech is committed to redefining the future of energy
Seeks to nurture regional startups via opportunity to scale their ventures Responding to the pivotal need to remain competitive through innovation, PETRONAS in 2019 launched PETRONAS FutureTech to uncover visionary entrepreneurs with breakthrough technologies to accelerate the tech-driven startup ecosystem of Malaysia.
 
The…Continue Reading

Global ESG Monitor: FBMKLCI companies lack depth and detail in ESG reporting

Malaysian index ranked joint fifth alongside Dow Jones among 10 indices surveyed​
TNB and Press Metal Aluminium place joint-first amongt 30 companies surveyed ​Companies on the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBMKLCI) lacked the appropriate content and level of detail needed for optimal transparency in their ESG reporting, a study has found, resulting in…Continue Reading