Malaysia
Maybank eyes issuing 150,000 Maybankard Visa Superman Debit card
That is only within two months of its launch.
Maybank eyes issuing 150,000 Maybankard Visa Superman Debit card
That is only within two months of its launch.
Hong Leong Bank appoints Galvin Yeo as head of digital banking
Yeo has nearly 20 years of experience.
SWIFT opens new corporate services centre in Malaysia
The centre currently employs around 40 staff.
Malaysian banks 'comfortably meeting' the set minimums for Basel III
The level of countercyclical buffer required will be the next closely watched milestone.
A fearless forecast on Maybank's net profit for FY12F-14F
Find out why Nomura raised its profit forecasts by 7-8%.
Hong Leong Bank's core equity Tier-1 ratio to increase to 9.7% by FY15
Enough to meet any countercyclical buffers imposed by Bank Negara.
RHB Capital's MYR275m revenue synergy target won't happen soon: Nomura
Blame it on unpredictable nature of capital markets.
Check out how Hong Leong Financial Group's business segments fared in 1HFY13
The group's profit before tax reached RM1,446.1m.
CIMB Group's net profit up 7.8% to ~USD1.4b
Check out how CIMB fared YoY.
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.
Public Bank's return on risk weighted assets to decline 2.2% over the next 2 years
Blame it on declining margins.
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.