Conference marks a milestone in Sage’s journey towards cementing its position as the market leader for integrated accounting, payroll and payment systems KUALA LUMPUR, May 4 (Bernama) -- Sage, the global technology market leader for integrated accounting, payroll and payment systems, hosted its Sage Customer Connect Conference for Asia at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre on 11 April 2016. More than 600 Small & Medium businesses attended to hear the latest Sage news and get fresh ideas about how technology can empower them to grow their businesses.
The conference featured key speakers such as Yajnish Malik, Executive Vice President & Managing Director of Sage Asia; Philip Meyer, Vice President of Product Delivery at Sage International; Pieter Bosman, Executive Vice President of International Operations at Sage International; Tuan Tan Sim Kiat, Director of GST, Royal Malaysian Customs Department, and KJ Balan, Executive Vice President and Head of Business Development at MayBank Bhd.
Sage is supporting the ambition of the world's entrepreneurs, offering innovative and localized accounting solutions
serving over 200,000 Malaysian businesses
. The brand has grown from strength to strength and established itself as a leader in business software solutions for Small & Medium businesses.
Yaj Malik, EVP & Managing Director of Sage Asia added, “Sage is committed to being the best technology partner for Small & Medium businesses. We enable our customers to focus on their business and help them to leapfrog to the future. Every Sage colleague around the world is focussed on placing their customers’ ever-changing needs at the heart of everything they do. Sage is committed to keeping customers for life.”
Ivan Epstein, President of Sage International and Chairman of Sage Foundation said, “Entrepreneurs in Asia’s Small & Medium businesses trust us to help them to focus on their business and leapfrog to the future. It is these entrepreneurs who are the drivers of the Malaysian economy and prosperity and it’s our privilege and honour to serve them.”
“It was a pleasure to have so many of these entrepreneurs at our customer conference and to share how we will strive to deliver accounting, payments and HR & payroll solutions that help them succeed. We take real pride from how many of our customers have flourished and, that our products have grown with them as they moved from start-up to successful, international businesses.”
Among notable partnerships include financial powerhouse Maybank, who has teamed up with SAGE to collaborate in a new digital banking solution for SMEs in Malaysia that will enable them to undertake instant electronic payments via online and mobile banking channels directly from their Accounting and Payroll modules. Integration of Sage’s software with the Maybank2u (M2u) Biz applications enables businesses to make instant online and mobile payments directly from their accounting and payroll solutions. This free digital solution is driving greater usage of electronic payments in line with Bank Negara Malaysia’s financial sector blueprint and will eventually integrate with all Sage's solutions.
About Sage Sage is the market leader for integrated accounting, payroll and payment systems, supporting the ambition of the world’s entrepreneurs. Sage began as a small business in the UK 30 years ago and over 13000 colleagues now support millions of entrepreneurs across 23 countries as they power the global economy. They reinvent and simplify business accounting through brilliant technology, working with a thriving community of entrepreneurs, business owners, tradespeople, accountants, partners and developers. And as a FTSE 100 business, Sage is active in supporting our local communities and invest in making a real difference through the philanthropy of the Sage Foundation.
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