Fintech

Jirnexu acquires CompareHero Malaysia from Nasdaq listed MoneyHero in all-shares deal
Terms of transaction not disclosed, expected to close in July Possibly first time SEA startup has acquired country assets of a Nasdaq company
Atome Financial secures US$100 debt facility from  EvolutionX to drive profitable expansion in Southeast Asia
Atome Financial has secured a three-year term loan facility from EvolutionX Debt Capital and is concurrently working with others investors to fully utilize the accordion feature of the facility, which can increase the total amount to up to US$100 million.
Ant International picks Malaysia for its Digital Business Centre, hiring 500 with eye to grow ‘huge operations centre’
Multi-ethnic culture coupled with talent, cost based, supportive policies key draw Deliver services from all 4 key pillars of Ant International’s business to global customers
Malaysia rolls out bold plans at the inaugural KL20 Summit
Malaysia laid out an ambitious roadmap to transform itself into one of the world's top 20 startup ecosystems at the opening of the inaugural KL20 Summit.
Ant International, Capital A form partnership in digital payments, financial technologies, and sustainability promotion
Ant International and Capital A Berhad, owner of AirAsia, have formed a strategic collaboration in various areas.
Soft Space first in the world to deploy live MPoC-certified solution
FasstapTM first MPoC-certified SoftPOS solution in market to support secure PIN entry Claims to have world's largest SoftPOS deployment with most SoftPOS use cases
Mmob appoints its co-founder, Arsalaan (Oz) Ahmed, as Executive Chairman 
Multi-award-winning UK-based embedded services provider mmob Ltd has announced the appointment of Arsalaan (Oz) Ahmed as its executive chairman.
Singapore based fintech Triple-A raises US$10m series A
Triple-A has announced its US$10 million Series A funding round. Leading the round are repeat investors Peak XV Partners.
Boost, CelcomDigi unveil Malaysia's first global prepaid card with paylater in collaboration with MasterCard
Boost and CelcomDigi have unveiled the Beyond Card, a two-in-one international card in Malaysia, powered by the Mastercard network. 
Arsalaan (Oz) Ahmed exits alrajhi bank Malaysia to venture into fintech
Sees opportunity in the fintech and social finance space Visionary passionate about Islamic banking, sustainability & digital innovation
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