Malaysia stories

KnowBe4 honours APJ partners in Singapore, with SSS Cybersecurity Specialists named regional winner as Australia, Thailand and Japan firms also recognised.

Nestlé and Lazada roll out AI shopping tools across five Southeast Asian markets, testing conversational product support for parents buying nutrition items.

TM Global turns to Ciena optical gear as ASEAN data centre demand lifts capacity needs along the Singapore-Malaysia-Thailand corridor.

EIP and Nexacore team up to offer insurers and retailers a single device protection route across Southeast Asia and Australia.

Asia Pacific businesses are expanding AI hardware use as new research shows strong uptake of AI PCs and workstations for different workloads.

Healix International bolsters APAC leadership with four senior hires in Melbourne and Malaysia as it expands travel risk and assistance services.

Accor Plus and Endava overhaul payments across Asia Pacific, boosting conversion 39% as new checkout options and faster load times cut friction.

AEON360 and Google Cloud to launch AI shopping system in Malaysia, with plans to spread across Southeast Asia and add in-store, finance and loyalty tools.

Brainwaves launches AI platform to help marketing teams turn brand research into strategy, with early pilots cutting time-to-brief by 70%.

123RF debuts Sphere AI platform to streamline marketing workflows for Malaysian businesses, taking aim at tool overload and fragmented creative processes.

Asia Pacific claims 10 of top 25 foreign investment spots as Singapore leaps to eighth, with investors prioritising innovation over old economic measures.

Mastercard and Krungthai Card complete Thailand’s first live agentic payment as an AI assistant books an Elife ride from airport to city centre.

Standard Chartered deepens Malaysia tech push with first Global Fusion Centre in Kuala Lumpur, linking staff, AI and cybersecurity.

OneQode, Hitachi Vantara and Cylix Applied Intelligence launch a sovereign AI factory push across Australia, Japan, Malaysia and Singapore.

V2 AI has secured Databricks Silver Partner status, strengthening its credentials as it targets more data and AI work across Asia-Pacific.

Mastercard expands authenticated AI payment pilots in Singapore and Malaysia, while preparing a major regional Centre of Excellence in Singapore.

DayOne to create more than 1,200 direct jobs in Malaysia as its GBP £28 billion expansion cements the country as its biggest global base.

Japan and Singapore drive Asia Pacific data centre build costs higher as AI demand, power constraints and labour shortages widen regional gaps.

Airwallex secures Bank Negara Malaysia approvals to broaden its payments and foreign exchange services for businesses across the country.

Digital wallets still lead Asia-Pacific payments, but account-to-account rails are rising fast in Hong Kong, Thailand and Singapore, Global Payments says.