Malaysia

Malaysian bank loan growth up 5.7% in September

Lumpy business loans drove lending gains.

How compatible are blockchain and Asia's growing Islamic banking sector?

Lenders are adopting the technology in Shariah compliant smart contracts.

Chart of the Week: What's dragging the growth of Islamic banks in ASEAN?

Malaysia and Indonesia are still trailing behind their GCC peers.

Malaysia lowers cash transaction threshold in fight against dirty money

Hard-cash circulation has ballooned by 150% in the past decade.

Malaysia moves to enable money transfer via mobile number

Users can transfer money through DuitNow by December.

Chart of the Week: Malaysian bank loan growth may further soar in Q4

Loan growth in August went up to 5.4%, the highest it reached in 2018.

Weak take-up for Singapore's Tuaspring bid may hit Maybank hard

The bank may make additional top-up in provisions as required.

Will property stress erode Malaysian banks' strong capital positions?

Residential supply imbalance raises risk to asset quality.

CIMB group chairman Dato' Sri Nazir Razak to retire

He has been with the bank for nearly three decades.

Malaysia takes step forward to realise open banking ambitions

The central bank is inviting industry feedback for open data API specifications.

Cautious corporates could drag Malaysian bank lending to 6% in 2018

Businesses are holding back borrowing as they await policy clarity.