Bank Negara Malaysia

    Payments & Settlements

    BSP Pursues Cross Border Payment Links with Malaysia, Thailand

    By Editors | 16/11/2021

    The BSP has been in dialogue with ASEAN central banks including MAS, BNM and BOT to make cross-border payment flows cheaper and more seamless.

    Reporting & Disclosures

    SRI Taxonomy a ‘Critical Building Block’ for Malaysia Capital Market

    By Manesh Samtani | 15/11/2021

    Malaysia’s Securities Commission is on track to publish a draft SRI taxonomy for consultation by the end of the year.

    Conduct, Culture & Accountability

    BNM Raises Expectations of Good Conduct in Wholesale Markets

    By Manesh Samtani | 14/11/2021

    The board and management must ensure good conduct culture is embedded and governance structures “inculcate fair and ethical decision making”.

    Payments & Settlements

    Malaysia Joins PoC Project to Test Cross-border Payment Links

    By Editors | 11/11/2021

    BNM and PayNet are joining Project Nexus, which was first announced in July by BIS Innovation Hub and MAS to explore new cross-border payment linkages.

    Sustainable Finance

    BSP Directs Banks to Integrate Environmental, Social Risks

    By Editors | 31/10/2021

    Banks have to integrate environmental and social risk in their risk management frameworks and when defining their credit strategy.

    Payments & Settlements

    Malaysia, Thailand Expand Local Currency Settlement Framework

    By Editors | 31/10/2021

    Malaysian and Thai businesses and individuals can use local currencies to make cross-border payments for trade, investment, income and transfer.

    Credit Risk

    Malaysia Announces Relief for Low Income Borrowers

    By Editors | 15/10/2021

    Lower income borrowers can access interest exemptions for three months, smaller loan instalments for up to 24 months, and lower interest rates.

    Cybersecurity

    BNM Launches New Cyber Threat Intelligence Platform

    By Manesh Samtani | 03/10/2021

    FinTIP leverages machine algorithms and human experts to correlate, normalise, enrich, and sanitise contributed data to produce “real-time actionable intelligence”.

    Structural Regulation

    BNM Announces Launch of New Reference Rate MYOR

    By Editors | 28/09/2021

    The MYOR will run in parallel to the existing KLIBOR, although publication of the lesser referenced two- and 12-month KLIBOR tenors will be discontinued.

    Payments & Settlements

    BNM Issues New Regulatory Requirements for Merchant Acquirers

    By Editors | 23/09/2021

    The new requirements will ensure merchant acquiring services have measures in place to manage settlement risk, financial risk, fraud risk, technology risk and cyber risk.

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