Malaysians have been cheated of millions of Ringgit since the start of 2022, with one of the biggest love scams costing RM5.29 million making headlines over the past few months. Such ruses including phishing scams are increasingly common so it is important to know how to react when faced with …
World Mental Health Day 2022 #WorldMentalHealthDay
World Mental Health Day raises awareness for the entire world in a compassionate manner with a unified voice, giving people hope by enabling them to take action and drive up long-lasting change. In conjunction with World Mental Health Day 2022, the World Health Organization launches this year’s theme and slogan …
Funding Societies: 2023 Budget a Strategic and Sustainable Boost for SMEs
KUALA LUMPUR, 7 OCTOBER 2022 – Funding Societies welcomes the 2023 Budget announced by YB Senator Tengku Datuk Seri Utama Zafrul bin Tengku Abdul Aziz, Malaysia’s Minister of Finance, at the Dewan Rakyat this afternoon. Representing the largest SME digital financing platform in the country and in Southeast Asia, Chai …
Are you sure you’re not being scammed? Part 2
Over RM5.2 billion was lost to scams within the last two years as scammers took advantage of the public’s heightened sense of vulnerability and uncertainty during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Royal Malaysian Police’s (PDRM) Commercial Crimes Investigation Department (CCID) reports that job scams were the most common ruse reported between …
Are you sure you’re not being scammed? Part 1
Why is cybersecurity important to me? You might ask. Well, nowadays, there are many incidents of scams around us, whether we are existing customers of financial services organizations or not. According to Royal Malaysia Police’s (PDRM), a total of 71,833 scams, amounting to more than RM5.2 billion losses, were reported …
THE FUTURE IS WOMEN: It is the time to accelerate women’s participation in business, everywhere.
Funding Societies | Modalku group is proud to show our commitments towards accelerating women empowerment by making a pledge to support the One Global Women Empowerment (OGWE) platform. Our pledge reads as follows: “Funding Societies | Modalku Group is committed to taking an active role in the One Global Women …
#MakingHERStory with Ella Lantang
We are back, with another issue of #MakingHERStory, an initiative to empower women leaders with life stories and testimonies. In this issue, we chose to have a chat with Ella Lantang, a Senior Legal Manager from our team in Jakarta. Learn more about how we can be our full authentic …
Don’t underestimate the impact of a simple idea
Well it started when we saw the call to participate in Funding Societies | Modalku’s (FSMK) virtual Hackathon. After years of joining FSMK, I think it’s time for me to participate. I was also keen to learn from other participants as cross-functional knowledge is beneficial to my role as Credit …
#MakingHERStory with Sri Ayu Puspasari
In this issue of #MakingHERStory, we sat down with our Senior Manager for Micro Finance, Sri Ayu Puspasari. Demure and soft-spoken in appearance, Ayu has taken FS by storm in her command of the Micro Finance team. Let’s hear what it takes to become a high-confidence leader! Influence and inspiration …
#MakingHERStory with Taryn Theu
Gender equality in the workplace is important, but here at Funding Societies we also have a focus on gender equality in Leadership. In this issue of our #MakingHERStory series, we reached out to our Finance Director, Taryn Sock Fung Theu to learn how she takes on the role of being …