{"id":5514,"date":"2026-01-31T09:00:57","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T09:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/softspace.com.my\/?p=5514"},"modified":"2026-06-18T03:24:03","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T03:24:03","slug":"jelawang-soft-space-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/softspace.com.my\/?p=5514","title":{"rendered":"Jelawang Capital Features SOFT SPACE: An Unconventional Path from Malaysian Startup to Global Fintech Platform"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5515 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/softspace.com.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/chris-x-jelawang.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"858\" height=\"486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/softspace.com.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/chris-x-jelawang.png 858w, https:\/\/softspace.com.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/chris-x-jelawang-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/softspace.com.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/chris-x-jelawang-768x435.png 768w, https:\/\/softspace.com.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/chris-x-jelawang-258x146.png 258w, https:\/\/softspace.com.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/chris-x-jelawang-50x28.png 50w, https:\/\/softspace.com.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/chris-x-jelawang-132x75.png 132w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 858px) 100vw, 858px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>January 2026 &#8211; <span data-contrast=\"auto\">Jelawang\u00a0Capital published a feature on\u00a0our CSO and\u00a0co-founder,\u00a0Chris Leong, tracing how the company scaled from a 2012 Malaysian startup into a\u00a0payments\u00a0infrastructure platform\u00a0operating\u00a0across 30 markets and serving over 90 financial institutions and partners worldwide.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The piece examines how\u00a0we\u00a0established\u00a0a series of global firsts,\u00a0including partnering with\u00a0PayNet\u00a0on the world&#8217;s first\u00a0SoftPOS\u00a0with PIN deployment and becoming the first provider to achieve end-to-end\u00a0SoftPOS\u00a0certification globally.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">It also covers\u00a0our entry into Japan through partnerships with\u00a0transcosmos, SMCC, and JCB, and\u00a0our\u00a0selection by the Tokyo Stock Exchange for the Asia Startup Hub\u00a0programme\u00a0in 2025.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read the full interview <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jelawangcapital.com\/our-resources\/chris-leong-of-soft-space-an-unconventional-journey-for-malaysia-s-fintech-champion\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 2026 &#8211; Jelawang\u00a0Capital published a feature on\u00a0our CSO and\u00a0co-founder,\u00a0Chris Leong, tracing how the company scaled from a 2012 Malaysian startup into a\u00a0payments\u00a0infrastructure platform\u00a0operating\u00a0across 30 markets<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":5602,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-company-announcement","category-company-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/softspace.com.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/softspace.com.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/softspace.com.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/softspace.com.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/softspace.com.my\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5514"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/softspace.com.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5514\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5614,"href":"https:\/\/softspace.com.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5514\/revisions\/5614"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/softspace.com.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/softspace.com.my\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/softspace.com.my\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/softspace.com.my\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}