Here’s a quick look at some of the stories that made headlines today.

Dirty dealings. Corporate battles. Consumer woes. Here are five things you need to know today.

1. Digital payment and financial technology provider Ant International is going to establish what it calls a new digital business centre in Malaysia, creating more than 500 job opportunities in the first year.

2. Axiata Group Bhd and India’s Bharti Airtel Ltd signed a definitive agreement on Thursday to combine their Sri Lankan operations.

3. RHB Bank said it views sustainable financing as presenting more opportunities than challenges, rather than affecting its overall profit from financing activities.

4. ACE Market-bound Sin-Kung Logistics Bhd, which launched its initial public offering on Thursday, said that demand for trucking services remains intact.

5. Datuk Farhash Wafa Salvador, former political aide to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, has ceased to be a substantial shareholder of HeiTech Padu Bhd, just one month after acquiring a 15.9% stake.