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KUALA LUMPUR, March 9 (Bernama) -- The Consumer Credit Commission (SKP) has announced the appointment of former Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) assistant governor Abu Hassan Alshari Yahaya as its executive chairman to lead the first leadership line-up following the enforcement of the Consumer Credit Act 2025 on March 1, 2026.
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KUALA LUMPUR, March 9 (Bernama) -- MBSB Investment Bank Bhd (MBSB IB) has maintained its 2026 earnings forecasts for Leong Hup International Bhd (LHI), noting that any potential penalty arising from ongoing legal proceedings would likely be treated as an exceptional or non-core item.
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PUTRAJAYA, March 2 (Bernama) -- Credit providers and credit service providers are required to meet licensing requirements and register with the Consumer Credit Commission (CCC) effective June 1, 2026, in line with the Consumer Credit Act 2025 (Act 873) (CCA).
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KUALA LUMPUR, March 2 (Bernama) — Revenue from individual taxpayers is projected to increase by 9.4 per cent in 2026, driven partly by more stable wage growth, leading to a 13 per cent rise in registered individual taxpayers, according to the Finance Ministry.
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KUALA LUMPUR, March 2 (Bernama) -- The Ministry of Economy is targeting to roll out the MyRMK -- an integrated monitoring system to ensure the comprehensive implementation of the 13th Malaysia Plan (13MP) --in the third quarter of this year (3Q 2026).
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KUALA LUMPUR, March 1 (Bernama) -- Early and coordinated policy intervention will be critical in determining whether the escalating United States-Iran conflict remains a temporary external shock or evolves into a more persistent economic challenge for Malaysia, an economist said.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 12 (Bernama) -- Southeast Asian legal-tech firms seeking to enter the United States market must ensure compliance with the United States (US) federal and state artificial intelligence (AI) laws before approaching US investors or launching products for US customers, amid growing regulatory enforcement, according to Dmitry Shubov Consulting.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 11 (Bernama) -- RegASK, an agentic artificial intelligence (AI) platform, has unveiled its AI-Assisted Label Compliance Review, a transformative capability that delivers comprehensive label compliance checks in seconds.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 11 (Bernama) -- The government has not chosen the floating price approach as recommended by the World Bank and several economic experts because it is considered to be burdensome for the majority of the people, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 4 (Bernama) -- The Digital Ministry is focusing on six impactful areas to accelerate digital transformation and drive the national digital agenda in the first half of this year (1H 2026).
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KUALA LUMPUR Feb 3 (Bernama) -- The Malaysian Employers Federation (MEF) said the government’s push for tougher rules, stronger enforcement and a more supportive business ecosystem is timely amid intensifying global competition on the domestic front.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 21 (Bernama) -- Uni-Fuels Holdings Limited announced its wholly owned subsidiaries will offer European Union Allowances (EUAs) to help shipowners and operators comply with the European Union Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) as it applies to maritime transport.