Bank Negara Malaysia

    Conduct, Culture & Accountability

    BNM Issues New Rules for Banks Selling Insurance & Takaful Products

    By Editors | 02/07/2022

    The board and senior management shall be held “jointly accountable” for bancassurance/bancatakaful products that result in “poor consumer outcomes”.

    Climate Risk

    Malaysia Regulators Publish TCFD Adoption Guide for FIs

    By Editors | 30/06/2022

    All local and foreign FIs are expected to adopt the basic recommendations set out in the application guide within a recommended timeframe of 24 months.

    Liquidity Risk

    BIS Launches Yuan Liquidity Facility for Central Banks

    By Editors | 28/06/2022

    Central banks from China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Chile are creating a reserve pool to guard against market stresses.

    CBDCs

    BIS Innovation Hub Outlines Lessons from CBDC Experiments

    By Manesh Samtani | 23/06/2022

    The report covers four experiments, Project Inthanon-LionRock, Project Jura, Project Dunbar, and Project mBridge.

    Fraud, Scams & Cybercrime

    BNM Directs Banks to Enhance Fraud Risk Controls

    By Editors | 12/06/2022

    BNM will take supervisory and enforcement actions against banks that fail to protect their customers from fraud risk.

    Cloud & Infrastructure

    BNM Issues Draft Guidance on Managing Cloud Risks

    By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 05/06/2022

    The guidance sets out expectations on the governance processes, design principles, and operational controls FIs should consider when adopting cloud services.

    Conduct, Culture & Accountability

    BNM Proposes Rules for Hiring Insurance, Takaful Agents

    By Editors | 30/04/2022

    Insurers and takaful operators must undertake a due diligence process that includes reference checks with all of an agent’s current and former employers.

    Structural Regulation

    BNM Awards Digital Bank Licences to Five Applicants

    By Editors | 29/04/2022

    The licence winners include Axiata’s Boost Holdings, RHB Bank, Grab-Singtel’s GXS Bank, Kuok Brothers, Sea Limited, YTL Digital Capital, AEON, MoneyLion, and KAF Investment Bank.

    Conduct, Culture & Accountability

    BNM Finalises Conduct Requirements for Financial Advisers

    By Ranamita Chakraborty | 29/04/2022

    Advisers will have to provide customers with suitable product options from at least three different providers for each class of insurance or takaful business being recommended.

    Climate Risk

    Malaysia Advances Work on Financial Sector Sustainability

    By Manesh Samtani | 28/04/2022

    A new report was released assessing current sustainability practices at FIs. Work has commenced to develop a climate disclosure guide for businesses.

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