Kaspersky Protects Over 9,000 Clients from Malware Attacks via Infected Marketplace App
12 April 2021 (MY) – Kaspersky experts have found malicious code in version 3.17.18 for the official client of the APKPure app store. To date, products belonging to 9,380 Kaspersky users have detected and blocked the threat. According to the researchers, the code was found in the advertising library of the application. The code likely appeared there because of the app developers’ partnership with an unscrupulous advertiser....
Nium Team Up with Travelex to Boost Digital Remittance Offering for Asia Pacific
12 April 2021 (MY) – Travelex, the world’s leading foreign exchange brand, has partnered with advanced global payments platform Nium to extend digital remittance services to their users. Now live in Australia and Singapore, the digital remittance offering (“Travelex International Money Transfer”) will be serviced by Nium’s global payment rails and real-time payment capabilities, enabling Travelex users to...
Visa Expands Global Money Movement Capabilities Beyond the Card with Visa Direct Payouts
7 April 2021 (MY) – Visa has announced the expansion of Visa Direct, a real-time1 push payments platform, with the introduction of Visa Direct Payouts. The new solution allows Visa’s clients and partners around the world to use a single point of connection to push payments to eligible cards for domestic payouts, and eligible cards and/or accounts for cross-border payments. “As digital commerce accelerates, Visa is innovating to...
E-commerce a Covid Lifeline for Retailers with Additional RM3,720 Billion Spent Online Globally
7 April 2021 (MY) – As Covid-19 kept consumers around the world at home, nearly everything from groceries to gardening supplies was purchased online. According to Mastercard’s latest Recovery Insights report, this amounted to an additional US$900 billion (about RM3,720 billion) being spent in retail online around the world in 2020. Put another way: in 2020, e-commerce made up roughly US$1 out of every US$5 spent on retail, up...
Malaysians Look Forward to More Digital Citizen Services, But Expect Government to Raise Personal Digital Literacy Levels
7 April 2021 (MY) – Malaysia is reaping the benefits of a digitally-enabled citizenry with more Malaysians embracing digital engagements with the Government, according to VMware, Inc. In the new VMware Digital Frontiers 3.0 Study, 45% of respondents indicated that they are happy to interact digitally with the Malaysian government, a positive step towards the country’s vision of growing its digital economy and becoming the “Heart...
Intel Launches Its Most Advanced Performance Data Center Platform
7 April 2021 (MY) – Intel today launched its most advanced, highest performance data center platform optimized to power the industry’s broadest range of workloads — from the cloud to the network to the intelligent edge. New 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors (code-named “Ice Lake”) are the foundation of Intel’s data center platform, enabling customers to capitalize on some of the most significant business opportunities today...
