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By Zairina Zainudin
KUALA LUMPUR, March 21 (Bernama) -- The Consumer Credit Oversight Board (CCOB) task force aims to have the Consumer Credit Bill 2025 gazetted by the end of this year, said Bank Negara Malaysia Assistant Governor Abu Hassan Alshari Yahaya.
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KUALA LUMPUR, March 20 (Bernama) -- The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) is expected to submit its proposal to review levies of fees from intermediaries by the end of March to the Finance Ministry (MoF), said SC executive chairman Datuk Mohammad Faiz Azmi.
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KUALA LUMPUR, March 20 (Bernama) -- The growth of Malaysia’s digital asset ecosystem signals Malaysian investors’ rising familiarity with the new asset classes, particularly crypto-asset trading activities, the Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) said.
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KUALA LUMPUR, March 20 (Bernama) -- The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) has received a total of 996 complaints and inquiries regarding unregistered digital asset exchange (DAX) operators.
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KUALA LUMPUR, March 17 (Bernama) -- An analyst has viewed Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) as a relative safe haven given its earnings resilience and undemanding valuation, amid the prevailing market volatility.
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KUALA LUMPUR, March 11 (Bernama) -- Local consumer 'buy now, pay later' (BNPL) transactions surged in the second half (2H) of 2024, reaching RM7.1 billion, up from RM4.9 billion in the first half, said Finance Minister II, Datuk Seri Amir Hamzah Azizan.
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KUALA LUMPUR, March 9 (Bernama) -- The National Association of Malaysian Life Insurance and Family Takaful Advisors (NAMLIFA) has urged the government to address the significant price disparity between insured and cash-paying patients at private hospitals, warning that such discrepancies could make medical insurance unsustainable.
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KUALA LUMPUR, March 7 (Bernama) -- The Life Insurance Association of Malaysia (LIAM), the Malaysian Takaful Association (MTA), and the Persatuan Insurans Am Malaysia (PIAM) have jointly proposed key recommendations to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) to enhance affordability, transparency and sustainability in Malaysia’s healthcare and insurance sectors.
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KUALA LUMPUR, March 7 (Bernama) -- Leader in open-source generative artificial intelligence (GenAI), H2O.ai, has unveiled the industry's first Model Risk Management (MRM) framework for GenAI.
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KUALA LUMPUR, 21 Feb (Bernama) -- The Transport Ministry (MOT) views the sale of shares in Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) as not affecting security, based on the commitment and cooperation between the Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia (CAAM), MAHB, and the Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM) to ensure that security aspects are at the highest level.
1y ago
From Nik Nurfaqih Nik Wil
MANAMA (Bahrain), Feb 20 (Bernama) -- Malaysia and Bahrain are committed to strengthening cooperation, including in emerging financial technologies such as cryptocurrency and sandbox platform, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said today.
1y ago
By NurulJannah Kamaruddin
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 17 (Bernama) -- The agreement reached between Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) and Petroleum Sarawak Bhd (Petros) provides certainty that the country's oil and gas sector will remain sustainable while also boosting investor confidence in the industry’s competitiveness.