CapitalBay (Link) is a new peer-to-peer (P2P) financing platform in Malaysia. I have managed to enrol into its Early Access Programme. I am going to give an overview of this new platform here. Background of CapitalBay This company was launched in 2016 and is the first Multi-Bank Supply Chain Finance (SCF) platform in Malaysia licensed …
Month: April 2020
(This article is prepared by Rakuten Trade. I just made some layout adjustment.) 1. What are the differences between Rakuten Trade and other brokers? Rakuten Trade is Malaysia’s first and only full-fledged online equity broker. This means that their clients can sign up, trade, settle their transactions, read reports and get trading ideas plus earn …
Amanah Saham Malaysia (ASM) has paid its dividend on 1 April 2020. The dividend declared is 4.25 cents, equal to a rate of 4.25%. It is a large decrease from last year. Trend For the previous dividends, you can refer to this article. The dividend has decreased by 22.73% compared to last year. This dividend …
There are a host of investment podcasts out there. However, I do not have the patience to listen for more than 45 minutes. Thus, I only listen to podcasts with episodes that are generally not more than 30 minutes long. Due to this constraint and my preference for Malaysian podcasts, there are only three podcasts …
Starting on 15 March 2020, we can make pre-retirement withdrawal from private retirement scheme (PRS) for certain purposes without the 8% tax penalty. The allowed purposes are housing and healthcare. We could withdraw from Sub Account B which holds 30% of our savings. Healthcare For healthcare purpose, we can withdraw for ourselves or immediate family …
