KUALA KRAI, June 14 (Bernama) -- Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) wants more
financial institutions to participate in the agent banking programme
which will benefit those living in rural areas where it was difficult to
enjoy banking services.
Source from (Bernama): http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v7/bu/newsbusiness.php?id=956212
Published: Jun 16, 2013
Its director of development financial and enterprise department, Kamari
Zaman Juhari, said since its introduction in 2010, only three banking
groups -- Malayan Banking, RHB Bank and Bank Simpanan Nasional (BSN) --
had participated in the programme.
"We want to encourage more banks to join and now many of them have shown interest.
"An institution will undertake a detailed study before deciding to
participate in the programme which has received an encouraging response
from those living in the rural areas," he told reporters after
officiating BSN's two-day community programme here today.
Also present were BSN's senior vice-president/head of community business department, Azaddin Ngah Tasir.
Kamari Zaman said at end-April this year, the banks had appointed over
4,000 agents like Pos Malaysia Bhd, petrol stations, sundry shops and
telecommunication companies' agents, involving transactions of over
RM760 million.
"Since the introduction of this service, over 86 per cent of the
districts in the country have access to the banking services compaerd
with only 46 per cent at end-2011.
He said Maybank, CIMB and Public Bank cooperated with telecommunication
companies early this year to offer MyMobile service to mobile phone
users.
"About 100,000 users are using the service involving RM4.2 million in transactions," he said.
Meanwhile, Azaddin said BSN has over 4,000 registered bank agents
nationwide handling over 6.5 million transactions worth RM580 million
He said the registered bank agent service was an innovative service
offered by BSN to help those in the rural areas which had no banking
services.
-- BERNAMA
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