Malaysia – People in Malaysia who earn low wages can get help getting back home through the Singapore-Malaysia Land VTL thanks to a fund set up by Maybank and the Malaysian Association in Singapore (Masis). The fund is called the “Vaccinated Travel Lane (VTL) Support Fund.” People who work in Singapore and have a valid work permit from Maybank can …

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob announced his new Cabinet line-up last Friday. Apart from Tengku Zafrul and Mustapa, Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali also retained his post as the Senior Minister and International Trade and Industry Minister. Maybank IB analyst Anand Pathmakanthan pointed out that although there was no Deputy PM named and most ministers from the prior …

Malaysia’s largest listed banking group MALAYAN BANKING BHD (Maybank) has cautioned about its “extremely tough” prospects and the possibility of future margin compression ahead, as it started the 2020 financial year (FY20) with modest loan growth and a fall in total deposits. The bank, which is also the fourth largest bank by assets in South-East Asia, thus proposed theoretically lowering …