AI-driven ‘Akar’ to shape finance talent


Rooting for growth: (Second row) PayNet Akar senior director Jun Maria Abdullah Tan (fifth from left), Farhan (ninth from left) and Si (10th from left) at the launch.

TO future-proof the financial services industry, continual efforts must be made to build a pipeline of digitally skilled, industry-ready talent.

In response to this need, Program Akar – a national talent development initiative by Payments Network Malaysia (PayNet) – was recently expanded with a new phase focused on artificial intelligence (AI) and data science.

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