OCBC Bank Bhd and Peoplender Sdn Bhd have entered into a collaborative agreement to enhance access to financing for micro, small and new businesses.

The effort will be operationalised through Peoplender’s wholly-owned peer-to-peer financing platform Fundaztic.com, which is licensed by the Securities Commission.

Kuala Lumpur, 20 June - Boost, Malaysia’s home-grown e-wallet app has updated new features that serve all payment needs for Malaysian. Boost introduced a key feature that will allow users to give back to society through its latest donation functionalities including Tabung Harapan and Tabung BERSAMU (by Media Prima).

Boost has over 2.5million users with online and offline merchants located in over 25,000 merchant touchpoints. The new features will enable users to pay for parking at most major streets around Klang Valley including Bangsar, Mont Kiara and Taman Tun Dr Ismail and pay for utility bills with partners such as Telekom Malaysia, Astro and Syabas. Users can also enjoy instant shake rewards after each payment as well as set auto-reminders.

Malaysian Global Innovation & Creativity Centre (MaGIC) announced that the second cohort of its signature Global Accelerator Program (GAP) was underway.

Twenty-seven handpicked startups have been selected from a total of 961 applications to participate in the programme.