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RT Interest Rate Reduction

Rakuten Trade (RT) interest rate is reduced again on 5 May 2020. This is the third time of reduction in this year alone. It means that the interest on our cash account balance is going to reduce once more. Reason of reduction Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) has announced the reduction of the overnight policy rate …

CapitalBay Overview

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 …

Rakuten Trade Fee Revision

Rakuten Trade has revised its brokerage fee in this year. What are the changes? Rakuten Trade fee revision For trades between RM 1,000.00 to RM 9,999.99, the brokerage fee is now increased to RM 9.00. It represents an increase of RM 1.00 compared to the previous amount. Range of brokerage fees The brokerage fees still …

Disadvantages of Rakuten Trade

(Updated: 23 August 2019) After using Rakuten Trade for some time, I have discovered some of its disadvantages. As it is using nominee account exclusively, Rakuten Trade is different from the main brokerage houses in Malaysia. (I have talked about its benefits in another article.)   What is a nominee account? It is a securities account …