ShopeePay has lifted the Money+ holding limit by 50% to RM30,000 at no cost, overtaking the RM20,000 cap on TNG’s GO+. Here is how the Shariah-compliant fund feature works, what the 5% promo really pays, and what savers should watch.
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Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim says Interpol has issued a Red Notice for Datuk Mohd Abdul Karim Abdullah, who is wanted by the Securities Commission over an alleged false statement to Bursa Malaysia involving Sarawak Consolidated Industries. Here is what we know.
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Foreign visitors to mainland China can now link overseas-issued cards to JD Pay and receive an advance on their VAT refund before departure, the first services under Mastercard and JD.com’s May 2026 partnership. Here is how it works and why it matters for inbound travel.
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Malaysia had 9.2 million active buy now, pay later accounts at end-June 2026, with RM14.7 billion spent in six months and RM6.6 billion outstanding. About 70% of users are lower-income, and the Consumer Credit Commission now requires affordability checks before approval.
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Vietnamese travellers can now pay by QR code in more than 60 countries and territories. The State Bank of Vietnam says direct bank-to-bank QR links are live with China and being promoted with Singapore, Taiwan, India and Malaysia, as tourism drives demand for cheaper cross-border payments.
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Bursa-listed Khee San has signed an MoU with the national sundry goods traders’ federation to build a shared platform for kedai runcit, combining point-of-sale software, e-invoicing tools and a group-buying hub, with a six-month pilot planned before a wider rollout.
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Selangor has officially launched NINE, a state-run super app with its own e-wallet for parking, bill payments and the RM30 monthly transport subsidy. It is now the state’s only official super app, and users of the older CEPat app are being moved over before it closes on 31 December.
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Manila-based Salmon, which runs a BSP-licensed rural bank, has secured US$140 million in investor commitments and bond proceeds to expand its credit line and in-store lending and to launch motorcycle and small-business loans across the Philippines.
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Bank Rakyat and Paysys by NTT DATA have deployed their first unattended payment terminal at Menara Kembar Bank Rakyat in Kuala Lumpur, letting customers pay cashless without staff. Here is what self-service payments mean for Malaysian consumers, SMEs and banks.
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Mizuho, MUFG and SMBC have tested a single, jointly issued yen stablecoin to settle payments between Mitsubishi Corporation and its overseas offices. Backed by Japan’s Financial Services Agency, the banks now aim for live commercial transactions before the end of March 2027.
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