Ant International picks Malaysia for its Digital Business Centre, hiring 500 with eye to grow 'huge operations centre'

Multi-ethnic culture coupled with talent, cost based, supportive policies key draw Deliver services from all 4 key pillars of Ant International's business to global customers If you thought the competition for fintech talent in Malaysia was heated with the launch of five digital banks last year, think again. The competition just got a whole lot more heated with the announcement in KL on 18 April from Singapore headquartered Ant International, which Alibaba founded in 2012 and now owns a 33% stake in, that it intends to establish a Digital Business Centre in Malaysia with a headcount of 500 execs by…