From left – Raja Teh Maimunah Raja Abdul Aziz, Managing Director, Wholesale Banking, AmBank Group, Dato’ Sulaiman Mohd Tahir, Group Chief Executive Officer, AmBank Group and Eqhwan Mokhzanee, Chief Executive Officer, AmBank Islamic with the Best Islamic Corporate Bank Malaysia 2020 Award by Global Banking and Finance Review.
AmBank Islamic Berhad (AmBank Islamic) was awarded Best Islamic Corporate Bank Malaysia 2020 by Global Banking & Finance Review.
Eqhwan Mokhzanee, Chief Executive Officer, AmBank Islamic, said: “The award underscores our continuous commitment in providing a suite of value-added Shariah-compliant wholesale banking solutions and services, formulated to help our clients to evolve in line with market changes. These included being a utility bank for e-wallet platforms and introduced a bespoke solution to facilitate fintech player’s online acquisition and on-boarding of new customers”.
“Islamic banking has grown consistently over the years, and AmBank Islamic has played a pivotal role to drive the growth in this sector. Moving forward, we will continue to make further strides to achieve our goals and maintain our position as one of the nation’s leading Shariah-compliant bank especially in the space of corporate or wholesale banking.” added Dato’ Sulaiman Mohd Tahir, Group Chief Executive Officer of AmBank Group.
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