- To empower staff to develop ethical and critical, risk return based decision making skills;
- To align core behaviour to inculcate a strong and healthy ethics, risk and compliance culture; and
- To equip senior management with the right tools to baseline and measure ethics, risk and compliance culture.
“Having a strong risk culture means that all employees of the Affin Bank Group know what the organization stands for, the boundaries within which they can operate, and that they can have open discussions about which risks can be taken or not, to enable the Group to achieve its long term strategic objectives”, said En. Kamarul Ariffin Mohd Jamil, Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer, Affin Bank Berhad, at the signing ceremony which was held at Menara AFFIN here today.
“This collaboration is also very timely with our recently launched strategic transformation programme, AFFINITY, that is intended to propel the group to a new level of performance by remodeling its businesses to compete more effectively in the ever changing regulatory and challenging operating environment,” he added.
ABS Chief Executive Officer, Professor Colyn Gardner said that the school is excited to be part of this strategic collaboration.
“A customised training programme of this nature is very effective as content is tailored specifically to the bank’s strategies, as well as its operating environment, business scenarios and work culture. A comprehensive programme like this, covering ethics, risk and compliance, is very new for the Malaysian banking industry and Affin Bank introducing this at their senior management level sets a positive tone from the top,” he says.
About Affin Bank Berhad (25046-T) Affin Bank Berhad (AFFINBANK) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Affin Holdings Berhad which is listed on the Bursa Malaysia.
It commenced operations in January 2001 following a merger between the former Perwira Affin Bank Berhad and BSN Commercial (M) Berhad in August 2000. In June 2005, it merged with the former Affin-ACF Finance Berhad. As at 31 May 2016, it has a network of 108 branches nationwide in Malaysia.
AFFINBANK provides a suite of financial products and services that is catered to both retail and corporate customers. The target business segments are categorized by the portfolio of customers under key business units such as Business Banking, Consumer Banking and Treasury. Business Banking offers services in corporate banking, contract financing and trade finance to corporations, institutional clients and SMEs. Consumer Banking provides credit cards, personal loans, mortgages, savings/current and deposit taking services as well as hire purchase loans to individuals.
Our tagline of “Banking Without Barriers” signifies the removal of boundaries within the processes of the Bank as well as in its attitude in servicing its customers. The latter means reaching out to the customers, improving relationships with them, making each one of them feel privileged and enhancing services to them. Simply put, AFFINBANK is embracing a new approach to banking and changing the face of conventional banking.
AFFINBANK's Islamic banking subsidiary Affin Islamic Bank Berhad (AFFIN ISLAMIC) commenced operations on 1st April 2006. As a full-fledged Islamic bank, AFFIN ISLAMIC has 9 branches on its own and offers a complete range of Islamic Banking products and services encompassing the areas of Business and Consumer Banking in compliance with Shariah principles and laws.
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As one of the industry’s preferred partners in learning and development, ABS offers industry relevant training programmes that cover a comprehensive list of banking areas and are designed and developed by our Specialist Training Consultancy Team or in collaboration with strategic learning partners that includes some of the top business schools in the world. It provides specialised consulting services and tailored learning solutions to meet the specific needs of our clients; as well as executive education offerings.
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