Public Bank and Public Islamic Bank to reduce base rate by 0.25%
KUALA LUMPUR (March 4): Public Bank will reduce its base rate (BR) and base lending rate (BLR) / base financing rate (BFR) by 0.
Public Bank offers clients affected by coronavirus six-month moratorium on loans
KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 10): Public Bank Bhd and Public Islamic Bank Bhd are offering a six-month moratorium on monthly instalment payments of loans and financing for its customers who are affected by the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV).
What Malaysia's banking chiefs say about Budget 2020
KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 11): Pragmatic, carefully curated to benefit the rakyat across ethnic groups and with timely incentives to reduce the country's dependence on foreign labour — these are among the comments from Malaysia's top bankers on Budget 2020, which was tabled in Parliament today by Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng.
Budget 2019 will help overcome the residential property overhang, says Public Bank founder
KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 2): The various housing measures proposed in Budget 2019 will benefit the low-income group, first-time home buyers, government servants and address the current overhang situation of residential properties, said Public Bank Bhd founder and chairman Tan Sri Dr Teh Hong Piow.
No cap on civil servants’ debt service ratio for mortgages — Bank Negara
KUALA LUMPUR: Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) has highlighted that commercial banks have “considerable flexibility” to decide on mortgage approvals.
Selangor Dredging to sell Kuala Lumpur headquarters for RM480 mil
KUALA LUMPUR (June 21): Selangor Dredging Bhd (SDB) is selling Wisma Selangor Dredging along with the land in Jalan Ampang here for RM480 million cash.
Breaking up Sime Darby is a smart move — Aberdeen CEO
KUALA LUMPUR (March 14): Sime Darby Bhd’s decision to unlock value for its shareholders by breaking its conglomerate structure into three distinct pure play companies is a smart move, said Aberdeen Asset Management plc co-founder and chief executive officer (CEO) Martin Gilbert.
Loan growth remains weak at 2.8%
Banking sector Maintain overweight: June 2016 loan growth (+5.
Public Bank lowers BR, BLR by 23 bps
KUALA LUMPUR (July 26): Public Bank Bhd announced yesterday that it will reduce its base rate (BR) and base lending rate (BLR) or base financing rate by 23 basis points (bps) from tomorrow onwards, following Bank Negara Malaysia’s (BNM) move to cut the overnight policy rate by 25 bps to 3%.
‘Higher funding costs prompt banks to revise BR, BLR rates’
KUALA LUMPUR (June 2): Higher costs of funding prompted some banks to raise their base rates (BR) and base lending rates (BLR) recently, the first time since January 2015, when the BLR structure was replaced with a new BR system.
