Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, September 15, 2026 - ZTE Corporation (0763.HK / 000063.SZ), a global leading provider of integrated information and communication technology solutions, as a Strategic Partner, actively participated in GSMA M360 ASEAN 2026, held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from September 9 to 10. Through keynote speeches, panel discussions, and joint forums, ZTE comprehensively showcased its strategic vision and practical achievements in advancing ASEAN's digital transformation in the AI era.

ZTE Shines at GSMA M360 ASEAN 2026, Building Digital Trust and an Inclusive Future for ASEAN in the AI Era

Malaysian companies are connecting AI agents to email, files and internal workflows for convenience and efficiency. But they might also be putting themselves at risk.

Your AI agent just told everyone what the CEO earns

Malaysians keep 50.7% of the banking system's deposits in fixed deposits, by Bank Negara Malaysia's count as at December 2025. Anyone who has sat through a family money conversation knows these three numbers by heart; 12-month fixed deposit (rates ranging from 2.50% to 3.70%), EPF’s returns (2025: 6.15%), and the gap to what families aspire to earn.

CREWSTONE INTERNATIONAL AND WEALTH VANTAGE ADVISORY MARK 2 YEARS OF PRIVATE CREDIT PARTNERSHIP: NET DISTRIBUTIONS AVERAGING 11.0% PER ANNUM

Artificial intelligence is changing how decisions are made, e-commerce is reshaping how consumers buy, while data, cybersecurity and digital platforms are transforming how organisations operate.

Where Business Meets the Digital Future: Introducing the Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Digital Business

Malaysia’s first bank-owned unified payment platform helps businesses bring multiple payment channels together, with faster settlement and simpler reconciliation.

RHB Pay simplifies how businesses manage digital payments

Kinergy, the brand of Kinergy Advancement Berhad, (KLSE: 0193) journey has been built through a series of deliberate inflection points, each expanding the Group's capabilities and broadening its portfolio across multiple utility asset classes.

OUR DNA: ENGINEERING Is Where We Started. It’s Where We Scale.

When you think of a smartphone, you would probably picture a device compact enough to carry everywhere. Yet that compact form can become limiting when you want to work, create or immerse yourself in content. A larger screen offers more space, but not always mobility.

Shaping the next era of foldables

The way Malaysians build wealth is changing, and so are their expectations of property.

Aviera Bangsar South: Building for a new generation of Malaysian wealth

For Malaysia’s small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and mid-tier companies (MTCs), capital raising is the lifeblood of growth. SMEs alone account for almost 97% of business establishments, nearly 39% of GDP and more than RM440 billion in outstanding financing. Yet as these companies move into more advanced stages of growth, bank financing on its own is often not enough to fund the next phase of development and expansion.

The Elevate Programme: Preparing Malaysia’s next wave of investor-ready companies

In 2024, OCR Group Berhad took over the remaining land within the established Dolomite Templer development with a vision that went beyond developing a new residential project. The opportunity was to rejuvenate an existing hilltop address — one shaped by established landscaping, an existing residential community and natural surroundings — while introducing a new proposition for contemporary family living.

OCR Rejuvenates D’Templer, Giving an Established Hilltop Address a New Chapter

For consumers, ordering online is simple: click, pay and wait for the parcel to arrive.

The People Behind the Parcel: How AI Is Changing Logistics

Malaysia’s Cyber Security Act has set firm duties for critical infrastructure. The next test is whether organisations can turn those duties into fast, practised action.

Cybersecurity Law must work beyond the Checklist

GoldNow today announced the introduction of its new Gold Gifting and Gold Savings features, further strengthening its position as Malaysia's premier gold accumulation platform. GoldNow was launched by Tomei Group to enable Malaysians to accumulate gold conveniently through a secure and accessible mobile platform, with accumulations starting from as little as 0.1g of gold and an auto-debit feature that allows users to automate regular gold purchases.

Tomei’s GoldNow Expands with New Gold Gifting, Savings Features.

Yakin Splendour Global Holdings Berhad (YAKIN), a leader in umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cell (UC-MSC) technology and advanced biotech solutions, has unveiled a series of strategic partnerships, facility expansion plans and new ambassador appointments as it steps up efforts to position Malaysia as a regional hub for regenerative medicine, cell therapy and advanced biotechnology via its subsidiaries, Yakin Splendour Sdn Bhd (YSSB).

YAKIN Advances Regenerative Medicine Nationwide Through Strategic Partnerships, New Appointments

US factory output unexpectedly declined for the first time this year as production of business equipment cooled and manufacturers grappled with higher input costs.

US factory output unexpectedly falls for first time this year

Here is a brief recap of some business news and corporate announcements that made the headlines on Friday.

AirAsia Group, Capital A, KYM Holdings, TMK Chemical, Tenaga Nasional, Vestland, Eco World, Zetrix AI, Jati Tinggi 

Malaysia's Securities Commission plans to ask companies to disclose how they are preparing for El Niño amid concerns the country's businesses may be ill prepared for the fallout from the weather phenomenon, chairman Datuk Mohammad Faiz Azmi told Reuters.

SC to ask publicly-traded firms for El Niño plans, eyes deeper Middle East ties

Tenaga Nasional Bhd (KL:TENAGA) saw RM3.03 billion wiped off its market value in late-session selling on Friday, following the national utility's announcement it would absorb the government's expanded electricity subsidy for households until the year-end.

TNB sheds RM1.6 bil market cap after agreeing to absorb subsidy for domestic users

ES Sunlogy Bhd (KL:SUNLOGY) said on Friday it has secured a RM15.63 million subcontract for electrical phase two services works for a serviced apartment development in Johor.

ES Sunlogy bags electrical services subcontract for Johor serviced apartments

The Pakatan Harapan presidential council has stressed that no one is above the law, after former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak was allowed house arrest to serve out the remainder of his jail term following his corruption conviction.

PH presidential council stresses 'no one above the law' following Najib's pardon

Evocom Bhd's initial public offering (IPO) has been oversubscribed by 3.6 times ahead of its listing on the ACE Market of Bursa Malaysia.

In a Bursa Malaysia filing, Malaysian Issuing House Sdn Bhd said a total of 6,326 applications were received for 104.69 million shares, while 22.78 million shares were available to the public.

Evocom IPO oversubscribed 3.6 times ahead of ACE Market debut

Malaysia’s stronger-than-expected export performance in August has prompted economists to reassess the country’s external trade outlook, with some raising their full-year growth forecast.

Economists see further upside to Malaysia’s 2026 exports after above-expectation August performance

By the end of this decade, the distinction between Malaysia’s “digital economy” and its traditional economy could begin to disappear. Artificial intelligence (AI) is moving rapidly beyond the chatbot.

Opinion: Reinventing Malaysia's economic core through AI and advanced digital technology

E5: King consents to house arrest for Najib until Aug 2028

AirAsia Group Bhd's (KL:AAGB) operation is sustainable with over RM1 billion cash in hand, group adviser Tan Sri Tony Fernandes said&nbsp;as he dismissed concerns about the airline's finances.

AirAsia sustainable with RM1 bil cash, no govt bailout requested, says Fernandes

Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak has been allowed house arrest to serve out his&nbsp;remaining sentence for grand corruption.&nbsp;

King consents to house arrest for Najib until August 2028

Budget 2027 could see further sales and service tax (SST) exemptions to reduce costs embedded in businesses, alongside possible personal income tax relief for middle-income taxpayers, according to CIMB Securities.

Budget 2027 may bring SST exemptions, income tax relief for middle-income earners — CIMB Securities

Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Federal Territories) Hannah Yeoh has denied signing any house arrest order involving former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, which has been circulating on social media.

Hannah Yeoh denies signing Najib’s house arrest order

Zetrix AI Bhd (KL:ZETRIX) is postponing its cash dividend payout following a court order secured by a substantial shareholder of the digital services firm.

One shareholder's court order holds up Zetrix AI's entire cash dividend payout

Malaysia Airlines’&nbsp;parent is said to be closing in on an order for Boeing Co 787 Dreamliners as the carrier seeks to renew its long-haul fleet, according to people familiar with the matter. 
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Malaysia Airlines closing in on order for Boeing 787 Dreamliners — Bloomberg

It is unfeasible for rivals to absorb AirAsia Group Bhd's (KL:AAGB) domestic market share even as a contingency plan, the airline’s adviser Tan Sri Tony Fernandes said.

Talks of rival airlines absorbing AirAsia's capacity 'ludicrous' — Fernandes

Pakatan Harapan will hold a presidential council meeting on Friday evening to discuss current developments, according to a local news report.

Pakatan Harapan leaders to meet on current political developments — report

The Democratic Action Party (DAP) said its central executive committee will be meeting on Saturday to discuss and decide on the party's stance and follow-up actions, after former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak was allowed house arrest to serve out his remaining corruption sentence.

DAP respects King’s prerogative on Najib, CEC to meet Saturday to decide party direction

The pardon given by the Federal Territory Pardons Board on Friday — for imprisoned former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak to serve the remainder of his prison sentence for his SRC International Sdn Bhd conviction under house arrest until the end of his sentence in August 2028 — on condition that the RM50 million fine he had been given is paid first, sets a precedent for white collar crimes, says senior criminal lawyer Datuk N Sivananthan.

Pardon to serve house arrest sets precedent for white collar and other crimes, says lawyer

Tenaga Nasional Bhd (KL:TENAGA) saw RM3.03 billion wiped off its market value in late-session selling on Friday, following the national utility's announcement it would absorb the government's expanded electricity subsidy for households until the year-end.

Tenaga Nasional Bhd (KL:TENAGA) will absorb the impact from the electricity tariff fuel surcharge exemption that has been expanded to more households up until the end of this year.

Tenaga Nasional to absorb fuel surcharge for electricity subsidy expansion

The Bank of Japan (BOJ) raised its benchmark interest rate in a split decision showing dissent within the board as it confronts mounting inflation risks and unusually explicit calls for further policy normalisation from Washington.

Japan's central bank hikes rates in split decision after US pressure

TMK Chemical Bhd (KL:TMK) has agreed to acquire Chemical Company of Malaysia Bhd (CCM) from Batu Kawan Bhd (KL:BKAWAN) and its wholly-owned unit Enternal Edge Sdn Bhd for RM939.9 million.

TMK Chemical to buy CCM from Batu Kawan for RM939.9m

Civil society groups have expressed concern and regret over the Federal Territories Pardons Board’s decision to allow former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak to serve the remainder of his prison sentence under house arrest.

Civil society groups voice concern and regret over Najib’s house arrest decision

Sunway Medical Group broke ground for the RM800 million Sunway Medical Centre Iskandar Puteri in Johor on Friday, further completing the 2,000-acre Sunway City Iskandar Puteri township development.&nbsp;

Sunway Medical Group breaks ground for RM800 mil Sunway Medical Centre Iskandar Puteri in Johor

All ongoing court cases involving Datuk Seri Najib Razak must continue, national news agency Bernama reported on Friday, citing Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

Anwar says all legal cases involving Najib must continue — report

Russia took control of the local businesses of Swiss food giant Nestle SA and French supermarket chain Auchan in the Kremlin’s largest takeover of foreign corporate assets since at least 2024 amid rising tensions with Europe.

Russia grabs Nestle assets in biggest seizure since 2024

Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Federal Territories) Hannah Yeoh and Attorney General Tan Sri Mohd Dusuki Mokhtar attended the&nbsp;64th meeting of the Pardons Board for the Federal Territories of Kuala Lumpur, Labuan, and Putrajaya at Istana Negara on Friday.

Hannah Yeoh, AG attend Pardons Board meeting

Malaysia's inflation was a tad faster than expected in August as price growth in transport, utilities and food picked up, official data released on Friday showed.

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