The Vircle DuitNow QR feature puts a payment app in children's hands outside school for the first time, allowing them to scan and pay at any merchant that accepts DuitNow QR while a parent keeps the controls. Vircle, a Malaysian fintech running since 2020, says the wallet is used across...
TTPM Claim Malaysia: RM5 To File, Up To RM50,000
A TTPM claim Malaysia consumers rarely use is one of the cheapest legal remedies available: RM5 to file, up to RM50,000 in potential compensation, and no lawyer required. The Labuan chapter of the Tribunal for Consumer Claims demonstrated the arithmetic on 29 September 2026, issuing six awards totalling RM43,184 after...
Ticket Tout Scam Malaysia: Buy Only Through Official Channels
Ticket tout scam Malaysia warnings have been issued at the start of the country's busiest event month of the year, with the Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Ministry telling the public to buy only through official channels. Deputy Minister Datuk Dr Fuziah Salleh said Malaysia hosts several international events...
Scratch-And-Win Scam Malaysia: 29 Arrested In Penang Raids
A scratch-and-win scam Malaysia operation running out of luxury bungalows in Penang was dismantled on 22 September 2026, with 29 foreign nationals arrested and a haul of broadcasting equipment seized. Penang police chief Datuk Dennis Lim Kwang Keng confirmed the raids at a press conference on 1 October, describing a...
ILMUcode: YTL’s Sovereign AI Coding Platform Launched
ILMUcode launched on 1 October 2026 at Universiti Malaya, an agentic AI coding assistant built on ILMU-GLM-5.3, the newest model in YTL AI Labs' ILMU family, developed in partnership with Z.ai. YTL is selling it as frontier-level coding capability on Malaysian sovereign infrastructure at a fraction of the cost of...
WiEX MIHAS 2026: RM229 Million In Projected Export Sales
WiEX MIHAS 2026 produced RM229 million in projected export sales for women-led Malaysian enterprises, the result of 215 pre-arranged B2B meetings with international buyers, MATRADE announced on 1 October 2026. Buyers came from Egypt, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, China, Hong Kong, Thailand, Indonesia and Myanmar. Source: BERNAMA - Women-led Enterprises Record RM229...
Sustainability Assurance Malaysia: Deferred To 2028
Sustainability assurance Malaysia has been pushed back a year: mandatory independent assurance now starts in 2028, 2029 and 2030 for Groups 1, 2 and 3 respectively, instead of 2027, 2028 and 2029. The Securities Commission announced the deferral in September 2026 after a review by the Minority Shareholders Watch Group...
MOTAC AI Tourism: Small Operators Told To Adopt
The MOTAC AI tourism call went out to the smallest operators in the country: homestays and village-level community tourism groups, not hotel chains. The Tourism, Arts and Culture Ministry framed this year's World Tourism Day celebrations around "Digital Agenda and Artificial Intelligence to Redesign Tourism", running 28 September to 2...
Minimum Wage Malaysia: 95.8% Of Surveyed SMEs Want Delay
95.8% of 333 businesses surveyed by the SME Association of Malaysia want the minimum wage Malaysia review delayed, with a phased implementation if the government proceeds anyway - the central finding of the association's quick survey, released on 2 October 2026. Nearly half of respondents oppose raising the floor from...
Malaysia Vietnam Trade: RM92 Billion And Climbing
Malaysia Vietnam trade reached RM92 billion in 2025, and Malaysia is now courting Vietnamese manufacturers rather than waiting for them. Consul General of Malaysia in Ho Chi Minh City Firdauz Othman told the "CEO Forum - Doing Business With Malaysia" on 1 October 2026 that Malaysian supply chains, green manufacturing...