Maybank

Malayan Banking Berhad
Public company
Traded as MYX: 1155
Industry Financial Services
Founded 31 May 1960
Founder Khoo Teck Puat
Headquarters Menara Maybank
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Area served
 Southeast Asia
Hong Kong, China, Bahrain UK, US, Pakistan
Key people
 Datuk Abdul Farid Alias
(President and CEO)
Mohd Suhail Amar
(Group CTO)
Jerome Hon Kah Choo
(Group COO)
Revenue Decrease RM18.53 billion
(US$5.30 billion) (2014)[1]
Increase RM8.98 billion
(US$2.57 billion) (2014)
Increase RM6.72 billion
(US$1.92 billion) (2014)[1]
Total assets Increase RM640.3 billion
(US$183.13 billion) (2014)[1]
Number of employees
 47,000
Subsidiaries See Maybank subsidiaries
Slogan "Who Knows You Better" (2003-2011)
"Humanising Financial Services Across Asia" (2011-2015)
"Humanising Financial Services" (2015-present)
Website www.maybank.com

Malayan Banking Berhad (trading as Maybank, MYX: 1155) is a Malaysian universal bank, with key operating “home markets” of Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia.

Background

Maybank is Malaysia's largest bank by market capitalisation and total assets and one of the largest banks in Southeast Asia, with total assets exceeding US$183 billion and having a net profit of US$1.92 billion for 2014,

Maybank is also ranked 103rd in The Banker's 2014 Top 1000 World Banks (as at July 2014) and is ranked 371 in the Forbes Global 2000 Leading Companies (as at May 2015).

Maybank is the largest public listed company on Bursa Malaysia, the Malaysian stock exchange, with a market capitalisation of US$24.4 billion as of 31 December 2014.

Maybank is ranked as one of the World’s Top 20 Strongest Banks by Bloomberg Markets,[2]

Maybank's Islamic banking arm, Maybank Islamic, is ranked as the top Islamic bank in Asia Pacific[3] and third in the world in terms of assets.[4]

Maybank's network spans across all 10 ASEAN nations as well as key Asian countries and global financial centres with a network of 2,400 offices worldwide with more than 47,000 employees.

History

Maybank was founded by Malaysian business tycoon Khoo Teck Puat, who died in 2004. The company was led by President and CEO Amirsham Abdul Aziz from 2002 until March 2008 after which he was appointed Minister in the Prime Minister's Department in-charge of the Economic Planning Unit, a post he held until April 2009. Dato' Sri Abdul Wahid Omar was President & CEO of Maybank Group from May 2008 to June 2013. On 2 August 2013, Datuk Abdul Farid Alias, Maybank's Deputy President and Head of Global Banking, was appointed as President & CEO of Maybank Group.

Timeline

Operations

Maybank has an international network of over 2,400 branches and offices in 20 countries, employing 47,000 employees who serve over 22 million customers.[6]

Maybank Tower, Singapore
The Maybank Corporate Centre in Metro Manila, Philippines

In Malaysia, Maybank operates consumer, business and corporate banking as well as private banking services, through a network of 402 branch offices and more than 2,600 automated teller machines around the country. The company operates 22 branches in Singapore providing a full range of banking and financial products and services. Maybank, through Maybank Philippines Incorporated, has 79 branches in the Philippines. Maybank also has a banking presence in all of the other Southeast Asian markets. It also operates branches major global financial centres like New York, London, Hong Kong and Bahrain.

Countries with the presence of Maybank

Full list with description:All countries

Asia

Outside Asia

Subsidiaries and related firms

Full list: Maybank subsidiaries list

Commercial Banking

Malaysia

Philippines

Indonesia

Vietnam

Papua New Guinea

Pakistan

Investment Banking

Malaysia

Singapore

Insurance

Malaysia

Main competitors

Maybankard

Maybankard ATM and debit card

Maybank issued the ATM and debit card for accessing the balance of the savings account.

Maybank issued the first ATM and debit card with the name "Maybank Kawanku" on 1985, with the function as an ATM card.

Later on the Maybank 30th years celebration event on 31 May 1990, Maybank Kawanku card was upgraded from ATM card application to the debit card application (cashing card and discount card).

In September 1995, the name of the ATM and debit card of Maybank was changed from "Maybank Kawanku" to "Maybankard Bankcard" with the Maestro and Cirrus logo, a division of MasterCard.

Maybankard launched the MasterCard debit card, same as the Maybankard Bankcard.

Maybankard credit card

Maybankard credit card was launched in October 1997 with blue and gold color. The first product is Maybankard MasterCard and Maybankard VISA in April 1998.

Maybankard got the Rookie Award from VISA Int'l in 2000 with the category "The fastest growing card on Asia during the 1998-1999 period", and Quantum Leap from 2001 to 2002 also from VISA Int'l and the 5th best credit card on the world.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 http://www.maybank.com/
  2. ↑ World’s Strongest Banks – Bloomberg Markets
  3. ↑ Islamic Bank of the Year – The Banker
  4. ↑ RAM Ratings reaffirms Maybank Islamic’s AAA/Stable/P1 ratings – RAM Ratings
  5. ↑ "Maybank buys Amex charge card business". 2 August 2006. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
  6. ↑ "MbMsia description". Retrieved 4 July 2015.

External links

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