CIMB wins Malaysia’s Best Retail, Investment and SME Banking Awards from Euromoney

 

Second from left: Jason Wong, Head of Strategic Initiatives and Projects, SME Banking Malaysia, CIMB Bank; Maznee Kamaruddin, Head, Equity Capital Markets & Syndicate, CIMB Investment Bank; Nor Masliza Sulaiman, Chief Executive Officer, CIMB Investment Bank; Haniz Nazlan, Chief Executive Officer, Group Consumer Banking, CIMB Group; and Daniel Cheong, Head of Consumer Banking Malaysia, CIMB Bank, celebrating CIMB’s three wins at the 2026 Euromoney Awards for Excellence.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 14 (Bernama) -- CIMB Bank Berhad and CIMB Investment Bank (collectively “CIMB”) have been recognised for strong performance, innovation and customer impact, winning three key awards at the Euromoney Awards for Excellence 2026. CIMB was named Malaysia’s Best Retail Bank, Malaysia’s Best Digital Bank for SMEs and Malaysia’s Best Investment Bank.

These recognitions reflect CIMB’s continued focus on delivering customer-centric solutions through innovation, digital capabilities and deep market expertise across its retail, SME and investment banking businesses.

Novan Amirudin, Group Chief Executive Officer, CIMB Group, said, “These recognitions are a testament to the trust of our customers and the dedication of our teams across the Bank. They reaffirm CIMB’s purpose of advancing customers and society by making financial solutions more accessible, relevant and impactful for the people and businesses we serve.

We thank our clients and customers for the confidence they have placed in us over the years. As their needs continue to evolve, we remain committed to being a trusted partner supporting individuals in realising their aspirations and helping businesses achieve their growth ambitions through meaningful and lasting value creation.”

In retail banking, the Bank continued to deepen its diversified franchise through personalised propositions, digitally enabled journeys and stronger engagement across key customer segments. Revenue and profitability advanced during the year, supported by market share gains across auto finance, credit cards and retail deposits, alongside continued progress in digital sales and customer cross-sell. The Bank also continued to strengthen its wealth proposition, underpinned by differentiated investment solutions, broader product diversity, CIO-led advisory capabilities and enhanced digital wealth platforms. Momentum was particularly strong within the Preferred segment, reflecting deeper affluent engagement and the Bank's continued focus on expanding advisory-led and relationship-based wealth capabilities.

For SMEs, CIMB continued to advance digital banking with the launch of CIMB OCTO Biz, connecting account opening, financing and transaction banking through a seamless end-toend digital journey. The platform has onboarded more than 280,000 customers to date, offering real-time cash flow visibility, payments, foreign exchange, trade and financing services. The Bank also expanded financing access via embedded merchant financing with TNG eWallet, in addition to flexible financing through its SME FlexiCash, which uses account history and transaction behaviour to determine pre-qualified limits and link repayments to a proportion of revenue, better supporting businesses with uneven cashflows.

Meanwhile, CIMB Investment Bank’s leadership across Malaysia’s equity and debt capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, and bespoke financial advisory solutions, as well as its ability to execute complex transactions across multiple products, sectors and jurisdictions, further reinforced its position as a leading investment bank. In 2025, CIMB Investment Bank secured the #1 ranking in Malaysian equity and debt capital markets by deal value and share of wallet, while also capturing the top position in ASEAN equity and debt capital markets by deal value, with its execution of cross-border transactions reinforcing its position as a leading M&A and advisory house in ASEAN.

These three accolades reinforce CIMB’s brand promise, Moving You Forward, reflecting its continued focus on empowering customers and communities through accessible, inclusive and purpose-driven financial solutions.

For more than 30 years, Euromoney’s Awards for Excellence have recognised financial institutions that set the global standard in performance, innovation and client impact. The Awards for Excellence programme evaluates financial institutions through Euromoney’s benchmarking framework, using comparable metrics, structured submissions and a transparent research process to assess institutions against their peers.

SOURCE: CIMB Group Holdings Berhad

FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
Name: Anis Azharuddin / Kelvin Jude Muthu
Group Corporate Communications
CIMB Group Holdings Berhad
Email: anis.azharuddin@cimb.com / kelvinjude.muthu@cimb.com

--BERNAMA