Mobile bank benefits over 25,000 Sepupok residents

MIRI: Residents in Sepupok, Niah can now have an easy access to banking services with Bank Simpanan Nasional (BSN) officially launching its mobile bank on the wheels today. The services offered in the BSN mobile truck covering various types of transactions, applications and payment services benefited a population of more than 25,000 people in Sepupok. […]

MBKS to open counters for assessment bill payments this weekend

KUCHING: Kuching South City Council (MBKS) will be opening counters in its One-Stop Service Centre for ratepayers under its jurisdiction to pay their assessment bills. MBKS said the counters will be opened this coming Saturday (Oct 29) from 8am to 4pm and Sunday (Oct 30) from 8am until 12pm. It said the assessment bills for […]

Sungai Asap folk get BSN service

BELAGA: Bank Simpanan Nasional (BSN) has launched a mobile banking service (CBB) in Belaga’s Sungai Asap. More than 14,000 residents stand to benefit from the CBB that offers various services such as automatic teller machine, account opening with BSN Visa debit card, cash savings and purchase of BSN Premium Savings Certificate. Other services are payment […]

BSN sees 10 pct rise in credit card spending this year

KUALA LUMPUR: Bank Simpanan Nasional (BSN) expects a 10 per cent hike in its credit card transactions this year as the Covid-19 pandemic spurs more online and e-commerce spending. Chief business officer Mujibburrahman Abd Rashid said the bank has seen substantial growth in e-commerce spend and e-wallet top-ups as many of its credit cardholders use […]

Review of Tabung Haji’s operating model to improve governance, integrity

BANGI: The review of Lembaga Tabung Haji’s (TH) operating model aims to ensure that issues of governance, integrity and reputation are improved in the future, Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz said. He said the revision of the Tabung Haji Act 1995 (Act 535) is to ensure the sustainability and viability of […]

Sebauh now has mobile banking

SEBAUH: Utilities Minister Datuk Seri Dr Stephen Rundi Utom welcomed the Sarawak government’s initiative in providing mobile banking services in rural areas, especially in Sebauh. With the service, residents did not have to get police permits to go to Bintulu to do their banking during the movement control order (MCO). Rundi, who is also Kemena […]

Govt allocates additional RM1.1 bln fund for microcredit financing

KUALA LUMPUR: The government will continue the microcredit financing programme with an additional fund of up to RM1.1 billion to pursue support for micro businesses, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said. The prime minister said the easy financing scheme would be provided by AgroBank and Bank Simpanan Nasional Bhd (BSN), each amounting to RM500 million, and […]

The National Recovery Plan a step in the right direction

KUALA LUMPUR: The National Recovery Plan (NRP) is a step in the right direction in providing a clear framework of targets and approaches on relaxing the lockdowns and the reopening up of more economic sectors, said government-linked companies (GLCs). In a statement today, MyHSR Corporation Sdn Bhd (MyHSR Corp) lauded the NRP which was announced […]

Octogenarian takes home RM1 mln in BSN SSP draw

KUALA LUMPUR: An 81-year-old senior citizen has won cash savings of RM1 million in the Bank Simpanan Nasional (BSN) Premium Saving Certificate (BSN SSP) Special Draw for February 2021. This is the second prize won by the father of nine children from the BSN SSP draw, as he took home the first prize of a […]

Over 2,000 receive BPN, BPR cash aid

PAKAN: A total of 1,019 recipients of Bantuan Prihatin Nasional (BPN) 2.0 and 1,032 recipients of Bantuan Prihatin Rakyat (BPR) 2021 from this constituency would receive cash assistance. The cash payment programme is done at Pakan Community Hall beginning Saturday (March 13) until Monday (March 15). The eligible recipients of the first phase implementation programme […]