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The list of banks in Malaysia offering Islamic products (updated in 2015) have grown to 16 banks. [1] Apart from banks, other non-banks intermediaries offering syariah based products are Malaysia Building Society Berhad (MBSB) and cooperatives registered under the Cooperative Commission of Malaysia (SKM).
A unit trust is a form of collective investment constituted under a trust deed. A unit trust pools investors' money into a single fund, which is managed by a fund manager. Unit trusts offer access to a wide range of investments, and depending on the trust, it may invest in securities such as shares, bonds, gilts, [1] and also properties, mortgage and cash equivalents
Bank Islam Malaysia Berhad (Jawi: بڠك اسلام مليسيا برحد ) is an Islamic bank based in Malaysia. It was established in July 1983. [ 1 ] Bank Islam was established primarily to address the financial needs of the country's Muslim population and extended its services to the broader population.
It was renamed Bank of Commerce Berhad (BCB) following its purchase by the UMNO-owned Fleet Holdings, which was led by Tan Sri Tengku Razaleigh Tengku Mohd Hamzah & Tun Dr. Abdul Daim Zainuddin (then part-owner of TV3, NSTP, and Celcom) in 1979. The bank had RM367 million in total assets and total shareholders' funds of RM12.8 million in 1982.
Bank Simpanan Nasional (English: National Savings Bank) (BSN) is a government owned bank based in Malaysia. BSN offers banking services via BSN branches and BSN Banking Agents (EB BSN). BSN was incorporated on 1 February 1990 under the Minister of Finance at that time, Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah.
Bank Muamalat serves nearly 3,000,000 customers throughout Indonesia and Malaysia. [ citation needed ] Currently, 82.65% stake of Bank Muamalat is owned by an Indonesian government agency, Hajj Fund Management Agency (BPKH), followed by Andre Mirza Hartawan (commissioner of the bank) with 5.19%, the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) with 2.04% ...
Malaysia has 16 fully-fledged Islamic banks including five foreign ones, with total Islamic bank assets of US$168.4 billion, which accounts for 25% of the Malaysia's total banking assets. [2] This in turn accounts for over 10% of the world's total Islamic banking assets.
The bank was based on a profit sharing model and its products weren't linked to the Bank Indonesia discount rate, thus surviving to the 1997 Asian financial crisis which increased the mean interest rate of the other Indonesian banks. [citation needed] DRB-HICOM holds 70% shares in the Bank while Khazanah Nasional Berhad holds the remaining shares.