Written By Richard Wee, Fatin Ismail and Kimberly Chan. Assisted by Lim Chaw Zen Introduction This article is a summary attempt to understand the legal challenges of the new digital phenomenon, the Metaverse. The term “Metaverse” was…
Written by Richard Wee and Carmelia Yong In our previous article on cryptocurrency, we touched on a few Malaysian legal issues related to cryptocurrency in general. Cryptocurrencies are digital assets that work on the foundation of stored…
Written by Richard Wee, Wendy Ho and Jeremy Ling Tze Yu Introduction ‘e-KYC’ stems from the acronym ‘KYC’ (Know Your Customer). As the name suggests, KYC is a mandatory practice or process imposed upon businesses to verify the…
Written by Wendy Ho and Jeremy Ling Tze Yu On the 13th of January 2021, RWC’s managing partner Mr. Richard Wee was invited by the Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) vide the Fintech Booster platform to speak…
Reported by Ashley Yip RWC is pleased to be the legal & regulatory partner of Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) Fintech Booster programme, a collaboration with Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) to boost fintech startup. Fintech…
Reported by Divagar On the 15th of May 2020, Richard Wee Chambers (“RWC”) in collaboration with Brickfields Asia College (BAC) has proudly hosted an Onward Webinar Series on the “Startups, Fintech & Technology: The Way…
Reported by Richard Wee and Wendy Ho On the 13th of April 2020, Richard Wee Chambers (“RWC”) hosted an Impact Webinar on the “Impact of Covid19 on SME and Startups” via Facebook live. RWC was honoured…
By Richard Wee and Bryan Boo When it comes to financial technology, e-wallet is one that is no stranger to the masses. In Malaysia, there are quite a number of competing e-wallets. However, it has been forecasted that…
On 16 January 2020, RWC hosted a talk on cryptocurrency entitled “Luno & the Law”. Graced by Luno’s General Manager for Southeast Asia, Mr. David Low, as the main speaker, the dialogue was not only…
By Richard Wee and Bryan Boo Financial technology, also known as fintech, has been gaining momentous traction these days resulting in more and more governments attempting to not only regulate this uncharted territory but yet at the…