WhyQ secures US.08 mil in extended Series A2 funding round led by Kairos Capital Group

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To expand digitalisation platform, improve existing products
Closed initial US$2.7mil Series A2 from 4 investors in 2021  WhyQ, a digital innovation startup focused on helping micro-SMEs (MSMEs) digitise their business, has successfully secured an additional US$1.08 million (RM4.6 million) in an extension to its Series A2 funding round. 
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Luno Malaysia Assures Customers Operations Remain Unaffected Following Parent Company Layoffs

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Layoffs has not affected ops in Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia “Important to reiterate to everyone that customer funds are safe” Digital asset exchange Luno’s recent announcement of the layoffs for roughly a third of their staff globally is the result of “an incredibly tough year”, but will not affect operations in the…Continue Reading

US-China relations as a disaster in the making

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In his online meeting with China’s President Xi Jinping in November 2021, US President Joe Biden proposed guardrails for the US-China relationship. His proposal reflected deep concerns about the potential for a military confrontation due to a miscalculation or an accident. More than a year has passed since then, so have such guardrails been established? […]Continue Reading

McCarthyism 2.0: Kevin hopes to outdo Joseph

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Nearly seven decades after it was discredited, McCarthyism is back in the United States with a bigger and more ambitious agenda. The original version to oust “commies” and “traitors,” named after Republican politician Joseph McCarthy, took America by storm during the first Cold War. From February 1950 to December 1954, the redneck first-term senator was […]Continue Reading

Macquarie’s AirTrunk enters Malaysia with 150+MW hyperscale data centre in Johor Bahru

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Claims JHB1 will be the most sustainable data centre in Malaysia
Will be funded under AirTrunk’s sustainability linked loan framework Australian based Asia Pacific hyperscale data centre specialist, AirTrunk, announced last week its entry into Malaysia with plans to develop a Australian dollar multi-billion 150+ megawatt (MW) data centre. Named AirTrunk JHB1…Continue Reading

Despite high corruption ratings, Cambodia could escape global money laundering ‘grey list’

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With the FATF’s on-site inspection concluded, Cambodia’s reputation as a destination for foreign investment hangs in the balance, but deeply rooted corruption could undermine whatever progress the international watchdog finds.

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