Bank Negara Malaysia to Host Payment System Exhibition on 9 Dec
Dec 7, 2013 (Sat): Bank Negara Malaysia is calling SMEs and corporations to visit its one-day Payment System Forum & Exhibition on “Migration to Electronic Payments” which will be organized at Sasana Kijang, Kuala Lumpur next Monday (9 December 2013), starting from 2.00 p.m. until 5.30 p.m. Visitors able to know and enjoy the latest offers on electronic payments (ePayments) and online services by the 26 participating financial...
LINE Shopping Launched for Sharing Awesome Deals
Dec 6, 2013 (Fri): Naver today launched LINE Shopping, a platform for LINE users to find awesome deals from their exclusive partners. LINE Shopping is now featuring hot deals of 20 percent discount on Ezra Dress and River Island Skirt from ZALORA.com.my. To celebrate the launch, Naver is giving LINE Shopping sticker for free to users who added LINE Shopping as...
MyNIC Selects MOLPay as Its Payment Service Provider for iChoose.my
Dec 6, 2013 (Fri): The local payment service provider owned by MOL – MOLPay announced MyNIC has appointed them as the payment gateway for ichoose.my, the domain mapping platform launched recently by MyNIC. With MOLPay, many website and blog owners can pay easily via credit card and local banks’ direct debit service in securing .my domain name. MyNIC is a Malaysian Government Agency under Ministry of Communications and Multimedia...
Rakuten Launched in Singapore
Dec 5, 2013 (Thu): Rakuten, via its Facebook announced that Rakuten Singapore has successfully soft launched. To celebrate the launch, Rakuten Singapore is giving a SGD10 coupon to any consumer when he or she signs up as its...
OCBC Bank Credit Cards Offer Up to 1.2% Rebate on Any Retail Purchase
Dec 5, 2013 (Thu): OCBC Bank (Malaysia) Berhad is aiming to make its credit card to become the favourite number two card in every Malaysian’s wallet by offering an unprecedented 0.5 percent to 1.2 percent rebate on any retail purchase without limit the rebate amount. “MasterCard’s processed data for consumer credit cards over the last twelve months reveals that about 75% of all purchases are in categories that usually do not attract...
Fujitsu Malaysia Announces Michael Warren Steps Down as Country President
Dec 5, 2013 (Thu): Fujitsu, a leading provider of ICT solutions and services, today announced that Michael Warren has resigned as the Country President for Fujitsu Malaysia. In accepting his resignation, Regional CEO of Fujitsu Asia, Gavin Selkirk shared that Michael has indicated his interest in returning to nation building activities for Malaysia. “We would like to thank Michael for all the guidance he has provided the...
Corporate Threats: Overview of The Year
Dec 5, 2013 (Thu): Companies are increasingly falling victim to cyber-attacks. According to a recent survey conducted by Kaspersky Lab and B2B International, 91% of the organizations polled suffered a cyber-attack at least once in the preceding 12-month period, while 9% were the victims of targeted attacks – carefully planned activity aimed at infecting the network infrastructure of specific organization. And these are just...
Malaysia and Singapore Are Ideal Testing Grounds for eCommerce Merchants
Dec 4, 2013 (Wed): Even though the ecommerce markets in Singapore and Malaysia are relatively small compared to Asian giants like China and Japan, the “Cross-Border eCommerce in Asian Markets: Singapore and Malaysia” report said that Singapore and Malaysia are the ideal testing grounds for merchants who want to expand their business internationally and explore the potential of the Asian market. The study illustrated that these...
Key Security IncidentsThat Shaped Threat Landscape in 2013
Dec 4, 2013 (Wed): Some of the revelations of the past year raised questions about the way we use the Internet nowadays and the type of risks we face. In 2013 advanced threat actors have continued large-scale operations, and cyber-mercenaries, specialist APT groups “for hire” which focus on hit-and-run operations emerged. Hacktivists were constantly in the news, together with the term “leak”, which is sure to put fear into the heart...
How to Make Secure Online Payments
Dec 4, 2013 (Wed): The internet has made everything easier. From searching for answers to questions and finding out how to cook our favorite dish, from connecting with our friends and loved ones that are far away to researching about a topic we find difficult to understand, the internet has made it possible for us to go on with our lives and do our daily tasks with sheer ease and convenience. And now, the internet has also made...
