Bank Negara Malaysia

Reporting & Disclosures

Bursa Malaysia Amends Listing Rules to Integrate ISSB Standards

By Editors | 24/12/2024

Large issuers must use the ISSB Standards for their sustainability disclosures starting with the 1 January 2025 annual reporting period.

Structural Regulation

BNM Proposes Changes to Rules on Personal Financing

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 18/12/2024

BNM will abolish the use of the Rule of 78 method in personal financing and set at 10 year tenure limit on such lending.

Conduct, Culture & Accountability

BNM Revises Financial Product Transparency and Disclosure Rules

By Nithya Subramanian | 04/12/2024

Updated policy document aims to empower financial consumers with clearer, more accessible information, and address digital disclosure challenges.

Trading & Investment

Malaysia Enhances Investor Access to Market Information

By Nithya Subramanian | 13/11/2024

A new online platform was launched to help local and international investors access key market information and government agencies.

Payments & Settlements

New Project Nexus Entity to be Established in Singapore

By Editors | 07/11/2024

The new management entity will oversee the live implementation of the Nexus operational model, which involves linking instant payment systems.

Anti-Money Laundering

25 New Charges Against Malaysia’s Najib Razak are Valid, Court Rules

By Nithya Subramanian | 30/10/2024

Former Malaysia Prime Minister Najib Razak will have to face four additional abuse of power charges and 21 additional money laundering charges.

Payments & Settlements

BIS and APAC Central Banks Release Results of Project Mandala

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 29/10/2024

Project Mandala demonstrated that jurisdiction-specific regulatory requirements can be embedded in cross-border transaction protocols.

KYC & CDD

BNM Fines MSB Licensee for Circumventing CDD Process

By Mark Johnston | 27/10/2024

BSB Darussalam personnel deliberately split transactions into amounts below MYR 3,000 to avoid CDD requirements.

Structural Regulation

Malaysia Unveils New Measures to Boost Markets and MSMEs

By Nithya Subramanian | 22/10/2024

The budget approved Forest City as a duty-free island, a new 2% tax on dividend income, and funding to boost MSMEs and drive innovation in Islamic finance.