BANK NEGARA MALAYSIA

Capital / Liquidity

Malaysia Appoints Financial Stability Committee Members

By Samuel Riding | 29/11/2016

Committee can decide measures to ‘reduce or avoid risks’, central bank says.

Market Infrastructure

Philippines to Start Thailand, Indonesia Banking Integration Talks

By Samuel Riding | 25/11/2016

Agreement would allow countries’ banks to operate subsidiaries in each other’s markets.

Market Infrastructure

Malaysia Eases Hedging Rules

By Samuel Riding | 22/11/2016

Central bank to reduce red-tape; eyeing onshore USD-MYR and RMB-MYR futures.

Malaysia Restricts Offshore Ringgit Trade

By Samuel Riding | 17/11/2016

Central bank seeks commitment from banks not to trade non-deliverable forwards.

Malaysia’s RHB Banking Group Upgrades to Kamakura Suite of Risk Tools

By Samuel Riding | 25/08/2016

NEW YORK, August 22, 2016: Kamakura Corporation reported Monday that it has signed an upgrade to the Kamakura Corporation suite […]

AML / KYC

BNM Closes Book on 1MDB

By Samuel Riding | 15/08/2016

Malaysian central bank says it will not reopen investigations.

Market Infrastructure

Indonesia, Malaysia Approve Equal Banking Access

By Editors | 04/08/2016

Agreement to reduce “inequality of access” in the two markets.

Market Infrastructure

Malaysia Outlines Fintech Regulatory Sandbox

By Editors | 04/08/2016

Central Bank aims to provide regulatory flexibility.

Securities / Derivatives

New Malaysia Capital Rules to Affect Banking Groups, says Fitch

By Editors | 22/10/2015

Malaysia’s extension of Basel III capital adequacy requirements to financial holding companies will affect most major banking groups.