First of many future CIMB-PDRM collaborations indirectly contribute towards Malaysians’ financial well-being

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 11 (Bernama) -- CIMB Bank Berhad (“CIMB” or “the Bank”) has partnered with the Royal Malaysian Police Kuala Lumpur (“PDRM KL”) on an Anti-Scam Campaign to raise awareness on various common scams, which this year occurred through 1,000 cases with losses amounting to RM72 million within the Klang Valley alone. The campaign with the theme “Beware, Be Aware, Stop the Scammers” is supported by CIMB Foundation, the CSR arm of CIMB Group.  
 
The PDRM-CIMB Anti-Scam Campaign was officiated by CP Datuk Seri Mazlan bin Lazim, Chief Police Officer, Kuala Lumpur Police Contingent and Tengku Dato’ Sri Zafrul Aziz, Group CEO of CIMB Group, witnessed by Dato’ Hamidah Naziadin, CEO of CIMB Foundation, Kwan Keen Yew, Chief Compliance Officer, CIMB Group, DCP Dato’ Zainuddin bin Yaacob, Deputy Chief Police Officer, Kuala Lumpur Police Contingent, SAC Dato’ Azman Ayob, Head of Crime Prevention and Community Safety Division PDRM, and ACP Mohd Luthfi Ismail bin Abdullah, Head of Commercial Crime Investigation Department, Kuala Lumpur Police Contingent.
 
Datuk Seri Mazlan bin Lazim, said “Continued efforts have been taken by the Police in providing reminders and raising awareness to the public on the threats and dangers of scam. Today we are joined by CIMB to enhance the effort and work hand in glove to deliver this important message to the public not to be duped by these scams, as the old adage says, prevention is better than cure.” 
 
Tengku Dato’ Sri Zafrul Aziz, Group CEO, CIMB Group, commented, "CIMB takes its corporate citizenship seriously, and we are pleased to partner with PDRM KL to raise public awareness on these scams. This is the first of many future CIMB-PDRM collaborations, through which we are also indirectly contributing towards Malaysians’ financial well-being. We can never over-educate the public on scams, given that many victims have lost their life savings or retirement funds to scammers. As continuous education is key to prevent the public from becoming victims or money mules, CIMB Bank has also started a similar-themed six-month awareness campaign for its customers.”  

Based on statistics, the public often fall prey to too-good-to-be-true loan offers, threats of legal action on non-existent crimes, or even fake love interest. All these and other scams were showcased at the PDRM-CIMB Anti-Scam Campaign, which also featured panel sessions on scam detection and prevention, as well as information booths by the Royal Malaysian Police. Around 600 members of the public - ranging from civil society leaders, police officers, high school principals, and university students – attended the launch.  

About CIMB Bank
 
CIMB Bank is the consumer banking arm of CIMB Group, offering retail and commercial banking services. 
 
CIMB Group is one of ASEAN’s leading universal banking groups and is Malaysia’s second largest financial services provider, by assets. It offers consumer banking, commercial banking, investment banking, Islamic banking and asset management products and services. Headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, the Group is now present in 9 out of 10 ASEAN nations (Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Cambodia, Brunei, Vietnam, Myanmar and Laos). Beyond ASEAN, the Group has market presence in China, Hong Kong, India, Sri Lanka, Korea, the US and UK.   

CIMB Group has the most extensive retail branch network in ASEAN of around 800 branches as at 30 September 2018. CIMB Group’s investment banking arm is also one of the largest Asia Pacific-based investment banks, offering amongst the most comprehensive research coverage around 700 stocks in the region. 
 
CIMB Group operates its business through three main brand entities, CIMB Bank, CIMB Investment Bank and CIMB Islamic. CIMB Group is also the 92.5% shareholder of Bank CIMB Niaga in Indonesia, and 94.1% shareholder of CIMB Thai in Thailand. 
 
CIMB Group is listed on Bursa Malaysia via CIMB Group Holdings Berhad. It had a market capitalisation of approximately RM 56.3 billion as at 30 September 2018. The Group has over 36,000 employees located in 15 countries. 

Source : CIMB Group

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--BERNAMA