Malaysia

Hong Leong Bank's net profit up 25% to ~USD317m in 1HFY13

It's 52% of the Street’s full-year estimate.

Malaysia to reform Islamic banking industry

Goal is to double Islamic banking’s market share to 40%.

Maybank ups Q4 profit by 16% on higher loans, fee income

Maybank reported a 16 percent rise in quarterly profit, bolstered by higher net loans, advances and fee income.

AmBank Group's pre-tax profit up in Q3

The AmBank Group experienced a surge in pre- tax profit for the third quarter ended Dec 31, 2012 to to RM504.31 million.

3 possible reasons why Malaysian banks are the laggards of the region

They have underperformed significantly vs their Asean peers.

Loan growth in Malaysia to slow to 11% in 2013F

Rate of compression is likely to ease as well.

PNB Group backs Malaysian govt push for Islamic finance

Investee companies under PNB are leading support for Malaysia's efforts at promoting Islamic finance.

Malaysia's Public Bank posts record 2012 pre-tax profit

Public Bank's pre-tax profit rose to RM5.104 billion in 2012 from RM4.878 billion in 2011.

CIMB surprisingly expects 15% loan growth for FY13

Find out what else to expect from CIMB this year.

What you must know about Hong Leong Bank's all-new PowerSME Current Account

Customers can earn monthly rebates to waive off fees on their banking transactions.

Check out what's changed since CIMB appointed Renzo Viegas as consumer division head

4 units were merged and duplication of back-end processes were removed.

Bank Negara says Malaysia’s banking system remains healthy

The central bank maintains the overnight policy rate at 3% on sound economic fundamentals.

China's ICBC targets expansion in East Malaysia

ICBC sees its expansion in Kuching as a gateway to further expand throughout the Sarawak and into Sabah.