Bank Negara Malaysia

Structural Regulation

Malaysia Courts Family Offices with Tax Breaks to Boost Capital Market

By Editors | 24/05/2025

SC official promotes incentives, including zero-tax rate and visa schemes, to attract single family offices to Forest City.

Liquidity Risk

BNM Lowers Statutory Reserve Requirement for Banks

By Nithya Subramanian | 09/05/2025

BNM said the reduction is intended to enhance liquidity management and support financial intermediation.

PEPs & Sanctions

BNM Fines Two MSB Licensees for Sanctions Screening Gaps

By Editors | 04/05/2025

Merchantrade Asia and JAGS Money failed to update their sanctions databases promptly. Both have since taken remedial measures.

Climate Risk

BNM Leads ASEAN Push to Green Supply Chains

By Nithya Subramanian | 13/04/2025

Drawing from Malaysia’s GVC programme, the UNDP, BNM and ADB published a playbook to help ASEAN SMEs decarbonise.

Cybersecurity

Malaysia, Thailand Partner on Cyber Resilience Efforts

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 10/04/2025

BNM and BOT’s central banks will collaborate on cybersecurity preparedness and strengthen the cyber defences of both nations’ financial industries.

Payments & Settlements

Cambodia Joins ASEAN Regional Payment Connectivity Initiative

By Nithya Subramanian | 10/04/2025

Malaysia and Cambodia also launched the second phase of cross-border QR payment linkage, expanding connectivity between the two countries.

Clearing & Post-Trade

LCH Launches Malaysian Ringgit Non-deliverable Swaps

By Nithya Subramanian | 08/04/2025

CIMB and Maybank were among the first institutions to clear MYR-denominated non-deliverable interest rate swaps.

Payments & Settlements

Asian Central Banks to Jointly Establish Multilateral Payments Scheme

By Manesh Samtani | 07/04/2025

RBI, BNM, BSP, MAS and BOT aim to make the Nexus platform a scalable multilateral model for connecting instant payment systems globally.

Conduct, Culture & Accountability

BNM Finalises Policy on Complaints Handling

By Nithya Subramanian | 01/04/2025

The policy document sets out requirements for firms to establish fair, effective and transparent complaints handling mechanisms.