{"id":25309,"date":"2020-04-21T13:21:54","date_gmt":"2020-04-21T05:21:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mbam.org.my\/?page_id=25309"},"modified":"2020-04-21T13:21:54","modified_gmt":"2020-04-21T05:21:54","slug":"additional-measures-by-bnm-to-assist-smes-affected-by-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mbam.org.my\/sss\/additional-measures-by-bnm-to-assist-smes-affected-by-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"ADDITIONAL MEASURES BY BNM TO ASSIST SMEs AFFECTED BY COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">ADDITIONAL MEASURES BY BNM TO ASSIST SMEs AFFECTED BY COVID-19 &#8211; SMEs TO BE MORE VIGILANT OF SCAMS<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Please be aware of latest scam involving third party offering a service to facilitate in loan application and securing financing of Special Relief Facility (SRF) and other funds announced by Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The scam syndicates\u2019 latest modus operandi includes impersonating bank officers and\/or bank representatives to engage the victims via email, phone calls, short messages (SMS)&nbsp;and\/or social messaging platforms such WhatsApp, Facebook or other online messenger services.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">BNM and financial institutions&nbsp;<strong><u>do not appoint nor engage third parties or agents<\/u><\/strong>&nbsp;to assist for securing loans\/financings.&nbsp;SMEs seeking financing are advised to contact their banks directly or access<\/span>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.imSME.com.my\">www.imSME.com.my<\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">to apply for financing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Please find attached, the following information:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong> Press Release statement on BNM\u2019s Measures to Assist SMEs Affected by COVID-19<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bnm.gov.my\/index.php?ch=en_press&amp;pg=en_press&amp;ac=5022&amp;lang=en\">https:\/\/www.bnm.gov.my\/index.php?ch=en_press&amp;pg=en_press&amp;ac=5022&amp;lang=en<\/a><\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong> Infographic on BNM\u2019s Fund for SMEs<\/strong> (as per downloadable link below)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Today, the Association of Banks in Malaysia (ABM) also issued a joint Press Release on the above matter. Please also refer to<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abm.org.my\/media-room\/press-releases\">https:\/\/www.abm.org.my\/media-room\/press-releases<\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">for the releases.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Members can refer to<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bnm.gov.my\">www.bnm.gov.my<\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">for more information.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Download MBAM Circular <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/mbam.org.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/20200421_MBAM_Circular_047.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Download Infographic on BNM&#8217;s Fund for SMEs (Malay) <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/mbam.org.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Infografik-Tabung-BNM-untuk-PKS-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Download Infographic on BNM&#8217;s Fund for SMEs (English) <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/mbam.org.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Infographic-BNMs-Fund-for-SMEs.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ADDITIONAL MEASURES BY BNM TO ASSIST SMEs AFFECTED BY COVID-19 &#8211; SMEs TO BE MORE VIGILANT OF SCAMS Please be aware of latest scam involving third party offering a service [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":974,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":320,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-25309","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mbam.org.my\/sss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mbam.org.my\/sss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mbam.org.my\/sss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mbam.org.my\/sss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/974"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mbam.org.my\/sss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25309"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mbam.org.my\/sss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25309\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25313,"href":"https:\/\/mbam.org.my\/sss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25309\/revisions\/25313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mbam.org.my\/sss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}