{"id":1446,"date":"2026-01-20T17:42:58","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T17:42:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/wptest\/2026\/01\/20\/ipay88-inks-new-partnership-with-cat\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T18:03:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T18:03:33","slug":"ipay88-inks-new-partnership-with-cat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/2026\/01\/20\/ipay88-inks-new-partnership-with-cat\/","title":{"rendered":"iPay88 inks New Partnership with @CAT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>iPay88 Holding Sdn Bhd has announced a 3-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with @CAT Penang that aims to help build an ecosystem for potential startups in Penang.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Formerly known as iPay88 Sdn Bhd, this NTT Data company as well as a Malaysia-based provider of online payment service solutions in ASEAN, will offer co-working spaces for aspiring startups in Penang.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;While the number of startups are growing globally, they face many challenges in the road towards achieving their goals.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe believe that startups are an important catalyst in the growth of Malaysia and hence we are partnering with @CAT to provide co-sharing spaces for aspiring startups,&#8221; said Head of Marketing of iPay88, Calvin Yeap.<\/p>\n<p>He added that Penang is well-positioned to help tap into these opportunities as innovative technology and solutions hub.<\/p>\n<p>This, he said, is in line with the government\u2019s aim to accelerate the growth of startups in Malaysia as well as @CATs aim which specifically focuses on startups in Penang.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Director of @CAT Penang Howie Chang said: &#8220;@CAT aspires to help businesses transcend success toward building a sustainable tech startup ecosystem in Penang.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur partnership with iPay88 will provide these startups with a space to do business and interact with like-minded businesses and startups.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe believe that the gathering and cohesion of entrepreneurial mindsets under one roof is the way to spark inspiration and brilliant ideas.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The community-run programme is supported by the Penang State Government via its Invest Penang programme.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>@CAT provides mentorship, incubation, workshops, events, networking and innovation labs to aid startups.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Any idea could be the next big innovation however, in order for an idea to flourish, it will need all the aid possible and iPay88 together with @CAT, is ready to help these startups achieve their dreams,&#8221; Yeap concluded.<\/p>\n<p>Apart from startup co-working space, iPay88 has also designed a startup package which will be offered through @CAT to enable more startups access to iPay88&#8217;s payment gateway services.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>iPay88 Holding Sdn Bhd has announced a 3-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with @CAT Penang that aims to help build an ecosystem for potential startups in Penang.\u00a0 Formerly known as iPay88 Sdn Bhd, this NTT Data company as well as a Malaysia-based provider of online payment service solutions in ASEAN, will offer co-working spaces for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1446"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1446\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4941,"href":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1446\/revisions\/4941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}