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How AI-driven AML compliance can help FIs in Malaysia
Malaysia’s financial sector is entering a critical transformation period as regulatory expectations tighten and financial crime threats evolve. Banks are operating under heightened pressure...
Napier AI supports Malaysia’s responsible AI agenda
In August 2025, Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) launched a public consultation exploring how artificial intelligence (AI) can be integrated responsibly across the country’s financial...
Biometrics rise as fraud threats escalate
Fraud prevention in banking is entering a new era as cybercriminals exploit increasingly advanced technologies, forcing regulators and financial institutions to rethink traditional defences.
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Why banks must adopt biometrics to fight financial fraud
Biometrics are quickly replacing passwords as the preferred method of authentication across the financial services sector.
FinTechs face stricter AML/CFT rules under BNM draft
Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) is introducing a comprehensive overhaul of anti-money laundering and counter-financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) requirements for e-money issuers under its 2025...
Malaysia’s ACSR to consult on ISSB Standards for enhanced sustainability reporting
The Advisory Committee on Sustainability Reporting (ACSR), led by the Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) and supported by the Ministry of Finance, is set to...
BNM teams with banks, law enforcement agencies to combat financial fraud
Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) has teamed with a number of key stakeholders in the financial industry and legal world to take on financial fraud and scams.
Malaysia’s BNM reveals five-year blueprint to transform its FinTech sector
The Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) has unveiled a five-year blueprint to help develop the country’s FinTech industry.
Bank Negara Malaysia looking to welcome digital banks into the market
Bank Negara Malaysia has updated its licensing framework for digital banks and is planning on issuing up to five new licenses to qualified applicants.
Bank Negara Malaysia has suggested new electronic KYC guidelines
Having issued a policy document earlier in 2019, Bank Negara Malaysia has now released a draft for how the rules around electronic know your customer (KYC) could look like in the future in the country.
