Malaysia
RHB Bank profit up 18.4% to $138.84m in Q3
Net interest income rose 5%.
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.
CIMB Group appoints Datuk Mohd Nasir Ahmad as group chairman
He has been a board director since 2015.
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.
Malaysia urges Islamic lenders towards 'value-based' banking
Nine out of 27 banks have adopted the system.
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.
OCBC Malaysia to allow payment card personalisation via mobile app
It has tapped on fintech firm Ondot.
RHB Bank ties up with Tokio Marine to roll out life insurance plan
The scheme has plans with premiums as low as $1.45.