Finances

If you're a Maybank customer, then you should pay attention to this post. It could affect your daily dealings with the bank after these dates. As the largest banking group in Malaysia, is it in trouble financially to take such steps? Let's read on... Why Closing Down? In fact, it is a norm from any banking group to close down its operating branch due to lower demand that what the bank expected. As a profit-oriented organisation, whatever the decision made must be aligned to the overall objective set, including opening or closing of a branch. In this case, Maybank may think that the branches have to be shut down because of lower than expected demand . Another reason is there are multiple branches nearby and it brings no economic sense . Which branch is closing down? And, by which date? Here is the listing... Anyway, Maybank will still be the preferred bank by most of us due to its extensive network spreading across all neighborhood, has close to 400 branches nationwide and 2,500

Today (08.08.2016) is the date of starting a new chapter for our retirement fund Employees Provident Fund (EPF) where members can start to register their applications for the Shariah account. To be eligible for Simpanan Shariah 2017, members must register their application by 23 December 2016 and subject to the availability of the RM100 billion fund. Before making such an important move, let us understand the differences between conventional and Shariah account first. How to register for Simpanan Shariah? You need to attend personally at any EPF counter to submit your application and verify your thumbprint for identification. Just bring along your MyKad or Passport (non-Malaysian). Then, you will be notified of your application status 7 days before the effective date. Am I allowed to utilise the eligible withdrawal amount from my Simpanan Shariah to fund for conventional housing loans or is it limited to Islamic housing financing? Yes, members can use their withdrawal amount to fund

Yes. The 2016 world's most popular game - Pokemon Go - is here in Malaysia now. Are you one of them who register as one of the 'trainer'? It's addicted and it's the hottest topic of town where you can share and exchange conversations with anyone now, especially at PokeShop or PokeGym. (You will only know it if you're one of the trainers) Well, it's here in Malaysia. So what? If you're playing the games, you should read this to earn back your 'cost'. If you're a share investor, you must read this. If you're not either of them, you can just ignore this. Identifying the cost of playing... Just because of the game, many of us will be experiencing either not enough mobile data, or not enough battery power . Then, what would you do? Buy more la... That's why, as an investor, we should invest in telcos such as Maxis, DiGi, Axiata... whom would be benefiting from higher data consumption, thus, providing higher revenue and profit. Maxis alread