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Investment products, digital banking, growth in Asia, and key partnerships. Roshan Kanesan speaks to Venkatesh Saha, Head of APAC Expansion at

London based fintech Wise, about all this and more.

Wise is one of Europe’s most valuable unicorns, worth around $5 billion dollars as at July 2020. Formerly known as TransferWise, the company started with 2 people swapping money to pay mortgages and moved on to helping move billions of dollars across the world. 10 years since starting, the company has changed its name to signal to the world its ambitions to be more than just a cross-border payments solution.

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Azam Wan Hashim from IDEAS deliberates on recent and overlapping efforts pursued by the Government to attract higher quality investment and drive innovation-led growth particularly through the tech sector.

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Capital has rotated out of Big Tech into cyclicals but with the innovation, depth and breadth of the tech ecosystem, the sector's time in the sun is far from over, says Jonathan Curtis, Senior Vice President and Portfolio Manager from Franklin Templeton.

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The Malaysian Competition Commission, better known as MyCC, is seeking amendments to the Competition Act 2010. But in the first place what is the ambit of this government agency and does it have any teeth? Mervyn Lai, Senior Associate at Tommy Thomas Advocates gives us a 101 on the law.

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Carlos Casanova gives us an excellent roundup of markets in the US, oil price developments, China's manufacturing and his assessment of Malaysia's growth forecast.

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We get you out of bed, to your first cup of coffee or to your first destination of your day with thought-provoking discussions on ideas, people and events shaping all our lives.

3:22 - Have you been struggling with re-entry anxiety? How did you overcome it?

9:44 - Why are we so fascinated by disgust?

16:06 - International headlines

20:55 - Local headlines

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The show that aims to expand and showcase the boundaries & limitations of jazz music from the old classics to futuristic compositions from all over the world. Nu-jazz, afro beat, acid jazz, hard bop, free jazz - we cover them all!
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Alfa Mist - Run Outs 
Robohands - Leaves 
Freddie Hubbard - Sister ‘Stine 
STR4TA - After The Rain 
Zeitgeist Freedom Energy Exchange - Kreuzberg Kix 
Nubya Garcia - The Message Continues (Mark De Clive-Lowe Remix) 
Christian Scott - So What 
Oscar Peterson Trio - Night Train 
Kamaal Williams - Medina 

Cult Creative is a platform that aims to unite creative professionals under one roof for them to look for job opportunities, network, and learn from one another. Founded in the midst of the pandemic, Cult Creative immediately provided relief and refuge for creative workers who were then deemed “non-essential”, and allowed them to reconnect with one another and the industry. We speak to its co-founder, Shermaine Wong to find out how she plans to elevate the lives of her cult members in this brave new world.

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Love stories and tales of friendship are heartwarming and inspirational in their own right, but there's something about a good rivalry (even enmity) that can make for tremendous cinema. We explore the various facets of on-screen rivalries, frenemies and outright enemies and how they enrich the stories we watch.

Born out of an idea during the lockdown, Advocates: The Podcast features some of the most prominent legal minds both locally and around the world, where they share their experiences, skills and stories about what drives their work. We speak with two of The Advocates, the hosts of the podcast, to find out more.

You can listen to the podcast on Apple, Google Podcasts, or Spotify, or head over to advocatesthepodcast.com for more information.

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