PhileoAllied Bank and GX Bank，A Delayed Digital Banking Vision

Timeline Description 1993 to 1994 Tong Kooi Ong built PhileoAllied Bank through acquisitions and regulatory positioning. 1995 to 1996 Launch of PALDIRECT and digital banking innovations ahead of global adoption. 2001 PhileoAllied Bank was sold to Maybank during forced banking consolidation. 2002 to 2008 Tong shifted into media, building The Edge Malaysia and restructuring Nexnews. […]

TA Global and Paradox, the shift from asset owner to global hospitality brand

Timeline Description 1990 to 2007 TA Enterprise built financial strength and expanded into global property assets. 2008 to 2012 TA Global executed counter cyclical acquisitions across Australia, Canada, Singapore, and Thailand. 2019 TA Global began brand development while continuing strategic hotel acquisitions. 2020 to 2021 TA Global was privatised to enable flexible global asset restructuring. […]