Digital News Asia Roundup January 2019

Dzof Azmi | Chong Jinn Xiung | Kiranjit Kaur

03-Jan-19 11:00

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It’s a brand new year and on today’s show, Dzof Azmi and Chong Jinn Xiung looks back at the that was 2018 with their top 5 stories of the year. Kiran looks ahead as she talks about the P2P space in Malaysia, MyEG’s competitor in MyPay and the spirit of entrepreneurship with Peng Tsin Ong, founder of Match.com.

0:20.386 - Dzof Azmi: My Fave 5 of 2018

11:09.428 - Chong Jinn Xiung: My Fave 5 of 2018

22:06.603 - ‘Giving Power to the People’, Heats up Malaysia’s P2P Scene

28:12.519 - MyPay Set to Make Life Easier For Malaysians Come January 2019

Produced by: Jeff Sandhu

Presented by: Jeff Sandhu

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Categories: Technology, Tech, Personal Development, Entrepreneurship

Tags: dna, e-wallet, breach, security, cimb, astro, cybersecurity, magic, fave, grub, goget, aeon, match.com, mypay, peer to peer,

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