News about loan

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 8): Banks have come up with a counter proposal to the government's interest waiver plan, and some banking sources say it has been submitted to the authorities.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 24): It is “imperative that short-term relief measures do not incur significant long-term damage to the economy”, emphasized Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM).

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 14): Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob (pictured) told the Dewan Rakyat today that the government is considering calls to compel lenders such as banks to waive interest fees on deferred loans to help ease the plight of the rakyat who are burdened by the Covid-19 pandemic.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 14): The Ministry of Finance (MoF) has instructed banking institutions to work on the exemption from interest payments for recipients of the bank loan moratorium immediately.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 13): Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) governor Datuk Nor Shamsiah Mohd Yunus said today banks in the country will continue to offer the Covid-19 pandemic-driven targeted loan-repayment assistance to borrowers when the loan-repayment moratorium expires by the end of 2021.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 7): Banks have started taking applications for the six-month loan moratorium today.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 29) : The Association of Banks in Malaysia (ABM) and Association of Islamic Banking and Financial Institutions Malaysia (AIBIM) said today that their member banks will be offering six-month moratorium from July 7, in line with the government's PEMULIH stimulus.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 29): Analysts expect the latest blanket moratorium on loan repayments to cause lower modification losses for banks as it is being offered on an opt-in basis.

PETALING JAYA (June 28): The newly announced blanket loan moratorium is beneficial in helping to alleviate individuals’ financial burdens due to the prolonged lockdown, said Real Estate & Housing Developers’ Association Malaysia (REHDA) president Datuk Soam Heng Choon.

It has been a common practice for banks to impose fees for standardised loan agreement documents that are needed in the housing loan application process.