Kuala Lumpur, 21 May 2020 - The government needs to consider policies to address issues that could derail business continuity, especially for small and medium enterprises (SMEs), and how they provide services to the customers during this difficult period of COVID-19. This can be achieved by leveraging digital transformation, of which Microsoft (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd is keen to...
Kuala Lumpur, 20 May 2020 -- CIMB Bank Bhd and CIMB Islamic Bank Bhd (CIMB) continues to assist the small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) sector, especially businesses without a digital presence, through a series of webinars to help them escalate their digital capabilities. CIMB Group chief executive officer, group commercial banking, Victor...
Petaling Jaya, 20 May 2020 – Moneysave (M) Sdn. Bhd. has recently announced the launch of its Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Crowdfunding platform to assist 40,000 Malaysian SMEs with RM8 billion worth of investments from investors with between 7 and 16% returns per annum in the next 5 years. According to Chief...
Kuala Lumpur, 19 May 2020 - The movement control order (MCO) as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic has demonstrated just how critical technology's role is both as an operations enabler and for business continuity purposes. SAP Malaysia Sdn Bhd managing director Hong Kok Cheong said the MCO has changed...
Kuala Lumpur, 18 May 2020 - Malaysia, through InvestKL Corporation Sdn Bhd, has attracted 91 global multinationals (MNCs) with approved and committed investments of RM13.95 billion since 2011. InvestKL said the 91 MNCs had created 12,584 regional high-skilled jobs since 2011. "This comprised 91 per cent of InvestKL's 2020 mandate and...
Cyberjaya, 15 May 2020 - Alibaba Group has reaffirmed its commitment to expand its logistics operations to support Covid-19 relief aid, and strengthen Malaysia as a leading trade and transshipment hub in the region. The company has announced the electronic world trade platform (eWTP) hub in KLIA as one of...
Kuala Lumpur, 13 May 2020 - More than seven in ten Malaysians are supportive for the country to become a cashless society and 62 percent believe it can be achieved within the next five years, according to Visa Consumer Payments Study. The survey also showed 69 per cent of...
Putrajaya, 6 May 2020 - A survey by the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) revealed that 96.8 percent of Malaysians benefitted from the Prihatin Rakyat Economic Stimulus Package (PRIHATIN) announced by Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin. The findings also revealed that 68.2 per cent received three forms of assistance,...
Kuala Lumpur, 5 May 2020 - The reopening up of most of businesses under the conditional Movement Control Order (MCO) beginning May 4, is positive move to start the economy. Bank Islam Malaysia Bhd chief economist Dr Mohd Afzanizam Abdul Rashid said more importantly, the reopening would allow more...
Malaysia, 4 May 2020 - With people spending more time at home, search engines are becoming their window into the world outside. Coinciding with the movement control order (MCO) and the holy month of Ramadan is a report by Google, “Rethinking Ramadan In Times Of Uncertainty” which analysed search trends. Google...