Banking and FinanceFeaturedSustainable financing: The big shift is visibleWebAdminAugust 30, 2022August 29, 2022 by WebAdminAugust 30, 2022August 29, 2022 Global companies took in a record $859 billion in sustainable financing in 2021... Read more
BankingFeaturedPublic Bank is the first Malaysian bank to facilitate retail-based QR payment with ThailandWebAdminSeptember 7, 2021September 7, 2021 by WebAdminSeptember 7, 2021September 7, 2021 PBe QR service will now support DuitNow QR Cross Border Payment between the two countries... Read more
Banking and FinanceFeatureMagazineMalaysia won’t be the same after its taxonomyWebAdminDecember 15, 2020December 23, 2020 by WebAdminDecember 15, 2020December 23, 2020 Bank Negara Malaysia is creating strategic guidelines to change the game for the country’s big coal financiers... Read more
BankingFeaturedRHB Banking Group launches digital forex services for customersPritam BordoloiSeptember 21, 2020 by Pritam BordoloiSeptember 21, 2020 The new service is called the RHB Live FX @ Reflex... Read more
BankingFeaturedCoronavirus: Southeast Asian banks face surge of bad loansSamuel AbrahamMarch 25, 2020March 25, 2020 by Samuel AbrahamMarch 25, 2020March 25, 2020 Banks in Singapore, Malaysia, and Vietnam are easing borrowing terms as they face a rise in distressed loans... Read more
BankingFeaturedAxiata in talks with 11 parties for digital banking licence in MalaysiaPritam BordoloiFebruary 24, 2020February 24, 2020 by Pritam BordoloiFebruary 24, 2020February 24, 2020 The digital bank could go online by mid-2021... Read more
BankingMalaysia’s Maybank plans to diversify revenue from retail SMEsInternational Finance DeskSeptember 3, 2019December 16, 2019 by International Finance DeskSeptember 3, 2019December 16, 2019 The bank aims to increase the current 10% revenue from the segment to 20% in three years... Read more
BankingMalaysian banks expecting 25bps rate cut before end 2020International Finance DeskAugust 30, 2019December 16, 2019 by International Finance DeskAugust 30, 2019December 16, 2019 The last time central bank of Malaysia declared rate cut was in May 2019... Read more
BankingMalaysian banks’ Q2 profit shows very little growthInternational Finance DeskAugust 22, 2019March 18, 2020 by International Finance DeskAugust 22, 2019March 18, 2020 Bank Negara lowered the overnight policy rate which affected the banks’ earnings... Read more
BankingHong Leong Bank net profit drops 8.1% to RM633.89 mnInternational Finance DeskMay 28, 2019November 14, 2019 by International Finance DeskMay 28, 2019November 14, 2019 The bank's revenue dropped 7.1% to RM1.166 bn from RM1.256 bn while loan growth momentum accelerated... Read more