Budget hotels working on app to boost business
PETALING JAYA (Oct 31): Budget hotels are hoping that an app will help them to counter the increasing popularity of Airbnb accommodation online travel agencies.
BNM affordable home fund has helped 1,100 buyers to date
KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 24): The RM1 billion Bank Negara Malaysia Fund for Affordable Housing has subsidised 1,100 home purchasers as at September, according to the central bank's director of financial surveillance Qaiser Iskandar Anwarudin.
Stay in Barbie’s ‘Malibu Dreamhouse’: Airbnb
LOS ANGELES (Oct 18): Barbie fans can now have a sleep over at Barbie doll’s dream house, thanks to Airbnb, according to a report by AFP-Relaxnews yesterday.
Tallest residential tower in the country to stand in Bukit Bintang
KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 27): The city’s skyline is all set to change again -- Bukit Bintang will be the location of the tallest residential tower in Malaysia.
1MDB forfeiture: MACC wants to amend notice against BN Johor
KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 27): The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) wants to amend its forfeiture notice against Barisan Nasional (BN) Johor to include its office bearers in the legal action to recover 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB)-related money, which BN Johor was alleged to have received.
Budget 2020 to lighten pressure on BNM to pursue another rate cut in 2019 — UOB
KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 25): UOB Group anticipates Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) to remain patient before making further interest rate adjustments as the nation's Budget 2020, which is expected to include expansionary measures to support the economy, will lighten the pressure on BNM to pursue another rate cut in 2019.
BNM addresses ‘difficult financing’ perception with MyKNP platform
KUALA LUMPUR: Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) has established a platform — the Khidmat Nasihat Pembiayaan or MyKNP — to provide assistance to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and homebuyers who have failed to secure financing, amid mounting frustrations among those who could not get loans.
BNM establishes programme to assist financing of SMEs, housebuyers
KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 21): Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) today established the 'Khidmat Nasihat Pembiayaan' (MyKNP) programme, aimed at assisting SMEs and housebuyers that have previously been unsuccessful in securing financing.
Bank Negara Malaysia to redevelop its mint
KUALA LUMPUR: Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) plans to demolish its mint — Kilang Wang Bank Negara Malaysia building — in Persiaran Selangor, Shah Alam, and redevelop the site as part of its mint modernisation project.
Home-sharing operators in Penang enjoy good business over long weekend
GEORGE TOWN (Aug 12): Home-sharing operators in Penang are enjoying “booming business” during the Hari Raya Haji weekend.
