Malaysia is a shopping paradise. At least 20% of urban Malaysians spend their weekends in shopping malls and when they shop, shoppers either pay by cash, debit card, or credit card. According to an official statement by CARDPOW!, generally a Malaysian owns at least two different credit cards, but has no idea what discounts are available […]
Tahun ini sahaja sudah pelbagai acara bercorak pencarian idea dan juga Hackathon telah diadakan tahun ini. Maybank dalam membawakan kelainan untuk program sebegini hadir dengan pertandingan mencari idea terbaik untuk industri teknologi perbankan. Perkataan ‘FinTech’ yang merupakan singkatan kepada Financial Technology ialah satu pengkhususan dalam bidang teknologi dimana teknologi yang dicipta adalah berasaskan kepada kewangan
If you’re one of those girls who have a wardrobe full of clothes but nothing they’d wear, here’s a solution for you: ClosetStyles. Launched last month, ClosetStyles is a marketplace app for women to buy and sell “pre-loved” clothes. Users simply take a photo of an item they wish to sell and then list it
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When JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon told the banks’ shareholders that Silicon Valley “[wants] to eat our lunch” – alluding to how tech startups are slowly taking away business from them – he’s not alone in that belief. Banks are feeling the heat from startups, which are working on various alternatives to traditional banking. Some
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Fintech seems to be a hot topic in 2015. Maybank, one of Malaysia’s leading banks, wants a piece of it. Maybank has joined the bandwagon through a partnership with 1337 Ventures, a recognized Malaysian technology accelerator, in search of the best fintech ideas in region. Early stage startups can apply to join roadshows in Manila,
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IT was just in late January that our Singapore editor Gabey Goh wrote an article about how the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) felt that corporations were the missing link in the accelerator model. According to Dr Alex Lin, the head of IDA venture capital arm Infocomm Investments Pte Ltd, startups flounder not because
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Malaysia-based 1337 Ventures has struck a partnership with Maybank to find top FinTech startup talent from around the region. Applications are now open until May 29. The initiative will start with a roadshow spanning four cities in April and culminate in a three-day idea validation bootcamp in Kuala Lumpur in June, with the potential for further engagement
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Maybank is teaming up with 1337 Ventures to go on a regional tour looking for promising fintech startup ideas. Startups are invited to apply to Ignite programmes in Manila, Jakarta, Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur this April 2015 where they will be exposed to opportunities in South East Asia and Maybank. Malaysia’s largest financial services group
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IN a clear sign that more corporates are seeing value in the innovation that can come out from startups, one of the largest banks in South-East Asia, Maybank Bhd, is sponsoring a four-country roadshow dubbed ‘Ignite.’ From the roadshow, 20 startups will be chosen and flown into Kuala Lumpur (KL) with all expenses paid, to
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IT IS a category of startups that began getting attention in the United States and Europe as early as 2008, with well-known outfit TaskRabbit getting the lion’s share of the spotlight. Since then, there has been an explosion in the number of services marketplace startups, offering users everything from house cleaners and laundry services to
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