BIMB EMBRACES FINTECH TO BETTER SERVE CLIENTS
Group aims to reinvent customers’ experience, drive digital culture
BIMB Holdings Bhd, via its banking, insurance and securities divisions, is leveraging financial technology (fintech) to better serve clients.
Its subsidiaries — Bank Islam Malaysia Bhd, Syarikat Takaful Malaysia Bhd (Takaful Malaysia) and BIMB Securities Sdn Bhd — are using fintech tools such as the Investment Account Platform (IAP), Click for Cover and BIS Online 2.0.
BIMB and Bank Islam chief executive officer Khairul Kamarudin said the company wanted to look at technological innovation as key to sustaining its business growth.
“By embracing digitalisation, we aim to facilitate the next development of financial products, reinvent customers’ experience and drive digital culture among our workforce,” he said in a statement.
IAP is a new concept in Islamic financial services that leverages the inherent digital features of an online platform, allowing potential investors to easily find interesting ventures to invest in.
Takaful Malaysia’s Click for Cover online solution offers a secure online platform, enabling customers to apply and participate in takaful scheme.
The online trading platform, BIS Online 2.0, is a mobile friendly platform that allows traders to do their trading on a mobile device, which includes real-time streaming of market prices, live interactive chart, most active stocks, as well as the top gainers, top losers and account summary.
At Bursa Malaysia’s “Shariah Investing Fair” yesterday, BIMB group chief syariah officer Mohd Nazri Chik presented a talk on “Investing in Stock Market in Syariah Perspective”.
Bursa Malaysia is the host organiser for the inaugural fair and The New Straits Times Press Bhd is the official media partner.
The Shariah Investing Fair 2017 aims to raise awareness and educate the public, especially among the youths, to invest in syariah-based investment products and services.