By now, SMEs are no strangers to economic stress. Between tariff hikes, global trade disruptions, inflation, and supply chain delays, many small and medium businesses are walking a tightrope to maintain revenue. These challenges don’t just impact costs. They affect how SMEs bank, get insured, and plan ahead. And today, financial institutions need to offer […]
Agentic artificial intelligence (AI) is fundamentally reshaping the cyberthreat landscape by automating what were once highly manual, resource-intensive attacks. Instead of relying on human operators, AI-driven agents can self-direct, adapt in real time and scale across multiple targets simultaneously. This adaptability and increased agility are proving to be both a gift and a curse in […]
Artificial intelligence (AI) technologies like generative AI (Gen AI) and predictive AI have already revolutionised business operations, but agentic AI takes innovation further by enabling enterprises to work smarter and more efficiently. As we move through 2025, agentic AI is redefining how enterprises innovate, operate and compete. According to Gartner’s 2025 Strategic Technology Trends, agentic […]
The shortage of doctors and essential resources has been a persistent, unsolved problem in hospitals and the healthcare sector in general. The Ministry of Health’s 2023 Health Facts reveals that there is one doctor to 412 Malaysians, or 2.4 doctors for 1,000 people. To benchmark against Asean, Singapore had 2.7, Brunei had 1.6, Thailand 0.9 and […]
Scandal, corruption and fraud have long plagued government institutions across Asean, with the infamous 1MDB scandal in Malaysia and other high-profile scandals leaving a bitter taste in the mouths of citizens. These issues caused a range of consequences for the economy, society and governance. Unfortunately, many cases of fraud or scandal are not discovered until […]
Public sector institutions have focused on sustainable business practices, including energy efficiency, waste reduction, efficient water usage, and reaching net-zero carbon emissions, and these efforts have increased significantly over the past several years…
Asian banks were discovered to be highly vulnerable to fraud as most of them have low fraud insight accuracy, with their fraud detection false alarm rate above 80%, serving as a wake-up call to beef up their fraud detection and management measures…
The seemingly never-ending waves of the pandemic in Malaysia are difficult to predict. To state the obvious, an increasingly large number of confirmed cases and deaths indicate that Covid-19 is now out of control in the country and has impacted the economy in a negative way, bringing great uncertainty to the business environment.
Big data is a very valuable asset to the businesses if you are able to unleash the power of data correctly. It plays an increasingly important role for all businesses to increase sales, reduces costs and improve business growth. According to a study from Entrepreneur, the businesses that use big data successfully increased an average of […]