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Fintech and fraud, like a horse and carriage
Fintech players should be cautious, because the increasing digitalisation of the financial services industry brings with it an extra element of risk, warned the Securities Commission Malaysia.
Week in Review: Of IP, and impact reports
Intellectual Property was at the forefront for DNA founder Karamjit Singh as he moderated a panel session on how it can be related to startups in Malaysia. He also wonders how important the issue is to both MDeC and MaGIC, key ecosystem builders.
Soft Space levels up, out to transform entire payment landscape
Malaysian digital payments startup Soft Space International Sdn Bhd is gearing for 2015 to be a red-letter year with a number of new solutions – and more importantly, innovative use cases – that will roll out this year.
Soft Space lands Maybank and Maxis in latest mPOS deal
Digital payments technology provider Soft Space International Sdn Bhd announced that Maybank Bhd and Maxis Bhd have agreed to a partnership that will see the mega-corporations using the startup’s mPOS (mobile point-of-sale) technology.
Disrupt: Gaps in payment ecosystem that entrepreneurs can fill
The payments market has ensconced players and may be facing stiff competition from deep-pocketed foreign companies eyeing the South-East Asian region, but there are still opportunities aplenty for the enterprising startup, said the two panellists at the DNA-TeAM Disrupt discussion on ‘Pay to Play.’
Soft Space acquisition plugs ‘huge gap’
Mobile payments startup Soft Space International makes its first acquisition, saying that it fills a huge gap in its offering.
TM R&D wins global ICT award, Pikom to host WCIT in 2020
TM Research & Development Sdn Bhd bagged the ‘Chairman’s Award’ at the recent WITSA ICT Excellence Awards organised by WITSA, the World Information Technology and Services Alliance, a consortium of ICT industry association members from over 80 countries and economies, while Malaysia will host WCIT in 2020.
US$5.6mil Mida grant to boost Soft Space to next level
Soft Space International, whose mobile point of sale solution has been adopted by some of the major banks in the region, has been approved for a 1:1 matching grant worth RM18.4 million (US$5.6 million) by the Malaysian Investment Development Authority, a boost to the company's efforts to become a 'payment innovator.'
Digerati50: Building confidence in the enterprise space
Digital News Asia (DNA) continues a weekly series that profiles the top 50 influencers, movers and shakers who are helping shape Malaysia’s Digital Economy. These articles are from Digerati50, a special print publication released in January 2014.
Unsung heroes in our midst (Part II)
The second of two parts as Renuka Sena looks at the APICTA Awards and the successful and innovative Malaysian IT companies that truly are unsung heroes.
