Malaysia
Founder of AMMB Holdings murdered in Kuala Lumpur
He was shot twice in the chest.
Malaysia Exim-Bank to increase shariah loan portfolio
Encouraged by growing demand and acceptance for shariah loans.
CIMB launches institutional brokerage business in Taiwan
Becomes first Malaysian bank operating a brokerage business.
Malaysia launches mobile payment channel
MyMobile will eventually be interoperable between all banks.
Chee Li Har is COO Group ALCO at Hong Leong Bank
She will spearhead Hong Leong’s asset and liability management in the areas of liquidity, interest rate and capital management for Group ALCO (asset and liability management committee).
Bank Islam expanding into Southeast Asia
Is particularly interested in Indonesia.
Malaysia to get tougher on erring banks
Warns of law suits and hefty fines.
Malaysia overhauls Islamic financing laws
New law will boost protection for depositors.
Here's why Maybank, Public Bank, CIMB will benefit from stricter lending criteria
They have scale advantages to price loans competitively.
Malaysian banks now prohibited from offering pre-approved personal financing products
Responsible lending practices are reinforced.
The US$1.6t global Islamic finance industry growing at a third of its potential
Absence of sukuk tax legislation in non-Muslim nations to blame.
What Asian banks need to know about customers' trust and fair treatment (Part 3)
In Part Three of a special series of reports regarding conduct risk/consumer protection regulations, we start with an overview of existing Asia Pacific regulations designed to address misleading and deceptive practices.
Malaysia, Kuwait to train Islamic banking professionals
Will jointly develop training and internship programs.
Maybank sells 9% stake in PT Bank Internasional Indonesia
Stake sold to an undisclosed third party investor.
It’s final: no deal for CIMB and San Miguel
Malaysia’s CIMB Group no longer interested in owning Bank of Commerce.
CIMB skills up Malaysian graduates with 6 partners
CIMB pioneers human capital development programme.