🇲🇾 From digital banking and AI to regulation, investment and market access, Days 2 and 3 of SFA’s Malaysia Business Mission brought our delegation deeper into Malaysia’s FinTech and digital economy ecosystem.

Here are some of the key conversations and takeaways: 👇

Maybank
➤ Explored Maybank’s ROAR30 strategy, focused on Humanising Financial Services, building businesses at scale, and strengthening its foundation for the future
➤ Gained insights into its digital transformation across core modernisation, resilience, cloud, AI and customer experience, supported by 200+ ecosystem partnerships

ATLAS by Bank Muamalat
➤ Learned about Malaysia’s first faith- and lifestyle-aligned Islamic digital-only banking platform, built in nine months, and explored partnerships in customer acquisition, rewards, eKYC and onboarding

Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC)
➤ Gained insights into Malaysia’s digital economy growth, including RM87.4 billion in digital investments secured in 2025, driven by AI, cloud, big data and data centres
➤ Explored MDEC’s support through grants, incentives, talent access, partner and VC matching, and regulatory sandboxes, supporting Malaysia’s ambition to become an AI Nation by 2030

Cradle Fund
➤ Learned about its early-stage funding and capacity-building support, including commercialisation, coaching, and connections between startups and larger corporates

Bank Negara Malaysia
➤ Explored its approach to responsible financial innovation through the Regulatory Sandbox, Green Lane and Digital Asset Innovation Hub, with focus areas including digital banking, AI, risk management and open finance

Ryt Bank
➤ Learned about Malaysia’s first AI-powered digital bank and its Ryt AI conversational banking assistant, while exploring potential partnerships across payments and RegTech

Razorpay Curlec
➤ Gained insights into Malaysia’s digital payments landscape and discussed payments, market expansion, risk, compliance and regulatory considerations

🙏 Thank you to all our hosts and ecosystem partners for the warm hospitality and open conversations throughout the mission. Across three days, our delegation gained valuable market insights, built new connections, and explored opportunities for collaboration between Singapore and Malaysia’s FinTech ecosystems. 🇸🇬🇲🇾