| Key
milestones for Maybank in Singapore |
| June 2007 |
Maybank launches Savings Account-i, the first Syari’ah-compliant passbook savings account in Singapore. |
| Maybank is the first bank in Singapore to launch an Income Tax GIRO Scheme which gives customers up to 5% rebate on their personal income tax paid via monthly GIRO through a Maybank SaveUp Account. |
| May 2007 |
Maybank launches the Regal Structured Deposit, the first structured deposit to be linked directly to palm oil prices traded on Bursa Malaysia. |
| April 2007 |
Maybank is the first to tie up with Visa International in Singapore to offer Visa Money Transfer, a card-to-card payment service which allows Maybank customers to send funds from their Visa cards to other Visa cardholders around the world. |
| February 2007 |
Maybank launches the Premier Structured Deposit in Singapore, the first Syariah-compliant structured deposit in the region. |
| November
2005 |
Maybank is the first
bank in Singapore to reward customers with loyalty
interest on savings deposits with its iSAVvy Savings
Account.
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Maybank is the first
bank in Singapore to extend home loan tenures
up to 40 years or age of 82, whichever is earlier,
for freehold and 999-year leasehold properties.
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Maybank launches
Islamic Banking in Singapore with 2 firsts --
first Syari'ah compliant online savings account,
iSAVvy Savings account-i and first Syari'ah
compliant savings cum checking account, PremierOne
Account-i.
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| July
2005 |
Maybank
Singapore's Xbox live Prepaid card (Xbox® Live Modus
MasterCard) Maybank - Singapore's first prepaid card
solution for Xbox Live - has been awarded the Silver
Award for the MasterCard Asia Pacific Marketing Leadership
2005 ('Best Youth' Initiative). |
| January
2005 |
Maybank is the first bank
in Singapore to launch an instant funds transfer service
to Malaysia, termed as INTERCOUNTRY LINK. |
| May
2004 |
Maybank
Singapore received two awards in MasterCard's Asia Pacific
Market Leadership Awards: GOLD - Best MasterCard Electronic
Card for Maybank Money Gift Card; and PLATINUM - Best
Commercial Card for Maybank Business Card. |
| January
2004 |
Maybank was the first
bank in Singapore to issue multi-purpose prepaid cards
on the MasterCard Electronic platform. |
| September
2003 |
First
business debit card in Singapore introduced by Maybank
provides start-ups and SMEs easier working capital and
cash flow access. |
| December
2002 |
Maybank became the first
bank in Singapore to allow customers to make payments
to payee organisations in Malaysia, as well as transfer
funds to any accounts with Maybank in Malaysia, within
the same business day. |
| August
2002 |
Maybank
launched the world's first luminous glow-in-the-dark
card. The first Maybank credit card bearing the MasterCard
brand in Singapore was also launched. |
| March
2002 |
Singapore's first QFB
shared ATM network, provided by Maybank, HSBC and Standard
Chartered, goes live. |
| February
2002 |
Maybank
introduces DeferPlus Home Loan - Singapore's first deferred
payment scheme for housing loans. |
| December
2001 |
Maybank is awarded Qualifying
Full Bank (QFB) privileges, effective 1 January 2002,
by the Monetary Authority of Singapore. |
| July
2001 |
Maybank
Tower, the new 32-storey Singapore headquarters, is
officially launched by our Guest of Honour, Deputy Prime
Minister Brigadier General Lee Hsien Loong. |
| February
2001 |
Maybank is the first bank
in Singapore to tie-up with Fraser Securities to offer
online, real-time share margin financing. |
| April
2000 |
Maybank
is the first bank in Singapore to tie-up with a broking
house to offer share margin financing online. This strategic
alliance is made with Fraser Securities, the oldest
local broking firm.
Maybank launches the first innovative email credit card
with the lowest interest rate in Singapore, which allows
customers to apply for a credit card and receive their
statements online. |
| March
2000 |
Maybank is the first bank
in Asia to use high bandwidth Internet technology for
its Branch network to improve its banking operations
for enhanced customer service in Singapore. |
| December
1998 |
Maybank
launches the first ever Time Deposit in Singapore that
allows customers the flexibility of choosing the maturity
date of their deposit. |
| November
1998 |
The groundbreaking ceremony
for the development of the new Maybank's headquarters
in Singapore at 2 Battery Road. |
| October
1995 |
Maybank
in Singapore marked its entrance into the unit trust
market with the launch of Nikko Oriental Growth Fund
with Nikko Capital Management (S) Ltd, the first unit
trust managed by a Japanese asset management company
in Singapore. |