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By Siti Noor Afera Abu
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 15 (Bernama) -- The takaful scene in Malaysia and Indonesia is on a steady rise, with analysts projecting the market to soar to US$5.4 billion (US$1=RM4.22) by 2033 -- a sign that demand for Shariah-compliant protection is no longer niche, but mainstream.
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 15 (Bernama) -- RegASK, a leading agentic artificial intelligence (AI) platform for regulatory intelligence, has launched the industry’s first vertical agentic AI command centre, known as the Action Hub, to streamline regulatory affairs operations.
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 15 (Bernama) -- The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the World Bank Group, in partnership with ASEAN, today launched the ASEAN Power Grid (APG) Financing Initiative to support the development and integration of national power grids across the region.
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 15 (Bernama) -- The Malaysian Takaful Association (MTA), as a supporting partner of the Global Islamic Finance Forum (GIFF) 2025, highlighted ASEAN’s progress and future direction in Takaful during the ASEAN Spotlight session, themed “Charting ASEAN’s Takaful Transformation - From Strength to Global Benchmark.”
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 15 (Bernama) -- The Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) and the Malaysian Intellectual Property Corporation (MyIPO) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to strengthen strategic collaboration and safeguard innovation and research in the palm oil sector.
By Nur Ashikin Abdul Aziz
SINGAPORE, Oct 14 (Bernama) -- An additional RM200 million allocated to the Strategic Co-Investment Fund (CoSIF) under Budget 2026 can be leveraged by Malaysian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone (JS-SEZ).
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 14 (Bernama) -- Mavenir, a cloud-native network software provider, has announced a collaboration with e& UAE, the telecom arm of global technology group e&, to deploy an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered, containerised spam, scam and fraud protection solution across e& UAE’s voice network.
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 14 (Bernama) -- Malaysia’s Takaful industry has united to provide iTEKAD protection to vulnerable communities, marking a significant milestone in the nation’s social finance journey and reinforcing its leadership in Islamic finance.
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 14 (Bernama) -- The Organizing Committee of AIM Congress, the world’s leading investment platform, has announced the launch of AIM China Chapter 2025, marking the platform’s first international expansion outside the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 14 (Bernama) -- The 25th ASEAN Energy Business Forum 2025 (AEBF) commences tomorrow, serving as the platform to strengthen regional collaboration and mobilise partnerships that accelerate ASEAN’s energy transformation.
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 14 (Bernama) -- Taiwan’s Far Eastern New Century Group (FENC), through wholly-owned subsidiary FE Green PET (M) Sdn Bhd (FE Green PET), has secured RM150 million in green and sustainability-linked financing from HSBC Bank Malaysia Bhd.
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 14 (Bernama) -- EarlyHealth Group, a global pharmaceutical services and life sciences solutions company, has acquired a 50 per cent equity stake in CYB3R Limited, one of the Gulf’s fastest-growing cybersecurity firms.
