Malaysia

Paving way for SME growth

The opening of the SME Bank will certainly be welcomed by the SME community, not only as a one-stop centre for advisory support, but also for...

SME Bank hopes to lend RM400m in first year

The small- and medium-sized enterprise bank, SME Bank, hopes to disburse RM400 million of loans in its first year of operations, its managing director Datuk Azmi Abdullah said.

Officially opened yesterday, the new bank

Group merges to create Exim Bank Malaysia Bhd

The Export-Import Bank of Malaysia Bhd (EXIM) and Malaysian Export Credit Insurance Bhd (MECIB) and the two units of

Standard Chartered Malaysia sees SME operations grow by 20%

Standard Chartered Bank Malaysia Bhd is confident of growing its small- and medium- scale enterprise (SME) business by 20% year-on-year

Bank Pembangunan and Bank Industri merge to form SME Bank

Second Finance Minister Tan Sri Nor Mohamed Yakcop announced yesterday that Bank Pembangunan Infrastruktur Malaysia Bhd and Bank Industri Teknologi Malaysia Bhd will be

Maybank focuses on SME market to increase online lending facility

Malaysia s biggest lender, Malayan Banking Bhd (Maybank), aims to double the number.....

Malaysian government approves multi-currency trade facility

The Malaysian government has approved two new funding mechanisms to help small- and medium-sized enterprises trade with....

SME Bank to boost services sector with soft ITC loans

The Government recently announced that the SME Bank will be formed on 1 October.

ICIEC launches two export credit insurance products

The Islamic Corporation for Insurance of Investments and Export Credits (ICIEC), offers Islamic compatible insurance products for investment and export credit to

Forum to provide SMEs with finance and business strategy guidance

The Government is to establish an industry-driven forum to map out the best strategies for small- to medium-scale enterprises (SMEs)