Insight Plus - Q3 2025

A banker's duty of secrecy in Malaysia is statutory as it is clearly provided under the Financial Services Act 2013 ("FSA").

In today's business landscape, establishing a business entails inherent risks and demands significant effort along with financial investment.

Money broking business is defined as the business of arranging transactions between buyers and sellers in the money or foreign exchange markets as an intermediary in consideration...

The Financial Services (Requirements and Submission of Documents or Information) (Registered Business) (Amendment) Order 2021 [P.U.(A) 351/2021] ("the Amendment Order")...

The following Orders were gazetted under the Stamp Act 1949 on 10 February 2021 to exempt the stamp duty payable on an instrument of transfer and a loan agreement relating to the purchase...

There are circumstances where a bank may use its discretion to terminate contractual relationship with the customer and close the customer's account without disclosing any reasons for such termination.

Bank Negara Malaysia ("BNM") has on 19 December 2022 issued a policy document on Business Continuity Management which aims to...

With a more globalized marketplace, more and more investors have started to aspire to expand their businesses abroad. And in order to actualize such aspirations, funding into a target country is necessary.

In the case of Pyo Travel (MY) Sdn Bhd & Anor v Modalku Ventures Sdn Bhd [2020] MLJU 575, the Malaysian High Court affirmed the Sessions Court's decisions in granting summary judgment...

On 27 December 2019, Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) issued an exposure draft on the Licensing Framework for Digital Banks (Exposure Draft). According to BNM, up to five licences may be issued...