News about Bank Negara

KUALA LUMPUR (March 24): Automatic moratorium on loan repayments will be granted to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and individuals — an additional measure taken by Bank Negara Malaysia to relieve the burden on businesses and households that are expected to be affected by the COVID-19 outbreak.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 17): Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) assured households and businesses that they will continue to have nationwide access to essential financial services during the government's two-week movement control order, which starts tomorrow.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 16): Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has announced the members of the Economic Action Council (EAC) following the council’s inaugural meeting today, comprising government officials and prominent private sector figures.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 6): CIMB Bank Bhd and CIMB Islamic Bank Bhd are reducing their base rate and fixed deposit rate/fixed return income account-i board rates by 25 basis points, in line with the overnight policy rate cut announced by Bank Negara Malaysia on Tuesday.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 4): RHB Banking Group is revising its base rate (BR) and base lending rate (BLR) downward by 25 basis points, in line with the reduction of the overnight policy rate as announced by Bank Negara Malaysia on Tuesday.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 4): Economists are divided on whether Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) will have another rate cut by next year, after the central bank reduced the overnight policy rate (OPR) by 25 basis points to 2.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 27): Bank Negara Malaysia said today that the RM3.

Malaysia today revealed a RM20 billion package of tax reliefs and subsidies to stimulate the economy hit by the coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 12): OCBC Bank Research is expecting Malaysia to cut interest rate further this March, after a recent one in January, following lower-than-expected GDP growth during the fourth quarter of last year (4Q19), that could slow further this quarter (1Q2020), due to the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 12): Malaysia’s economic growth will be affected by the COVID-19 outbreak, particularly in the first quarter of 2020 (1Q20), said Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) Governor Datuk Nor Shamsiah Mohd Yunus (pictured).