KUALA LUMPUR, May 17 (Bernama) -- Agrobank organised Program Kasih Ramadan to celebrate asnaf children from Pertubuhan Baitul Ehsan Al-Khairi on 16 May 2019. The programme includes talk on financial management as well as shopping session for Raya preparation.
 
Program started in the morning with "Celik Wang" session and a visit to the Bank Negara Museum and Art Gallery. In the afternoon, the asnaf children were taken to Parkson Nu Sentral for a shopping session assisted by volunteers (staff) from Agrobank.
 
The programme concluded with a breaking of fast session at Sunway Putra Hotel, Kuala Lumpur and the children received “duit raya” by President / Chief Executive Officer, Tuan Syed Alwi Mohamed Sultan.
 
According to Tuan Syed Alwi, Program Program Kasih Ramadan is an annual CSR program in the month of Ramadan organised by Agrobank to celebrate asnaf children and help them make preparations for Hari Raya.
 
“This year, we include session on financial management to educate the children on how to manage money. This is important because we make money decision everyday when we purchase things and do transactions,” he added.
 
The Program Program Kasih Ramadan has been held for three years since 2017 as a corporate social responsibility program (CSR) organized by Agrobank in the month of Ramadan. This year, a total of 76 children of asnaf and 20 volunteers comprising Agrobank staff participated in the programme.
 
"We hope that our contribution will bring joy to these asnaf children to celebrate Hari Raya Aidilfitri this year," added Tuan Syed Alwi
 
ABOUT AGROBANK

Agrobank is a leader in agriculture financing and values-based banking based (VBI)* in Malaysia. Established in 1969, Agrobank is actively involved in charting the growth and development of Malaysia’s agriculture industry by offering shariah compliant products and solutions across various customer segments including corporate, commercial, consumer, trade finance and micro financing customers. Agrobank is a full-fledged Islamic bank since 1^st July 2015.

As a market driven, customer-centric DFI (Development Financial Institution) with a primary focus on strengthening the agriculture sector in Malaysia, Agrobank strikes an equal balance to its developmental and commercial roles to benefit the agriculture sector. Agrobank provides a comprehensive repertoire of financing solutions for the agriculture community; that includes upstream activities related to primary food and commodities-based agriculture activities to downstream activities such as processing, marketing and distribution of agricultural products.

Agrobank also offers retail banking financing solutions to improve the well-being of the agriculture community. This is done through its network of 192 customer touch points including 138 branches, 1 agro banking, 1 virtual banking, 10 commercial financing centre, 34 kiosk, 8 agro corners & agro point
In 2019, Agrobank celebrates its golden jubilee Anniversary, as it marks 50 years of its proud establishment developing the agro industry.

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* VBI or value-based intermediation is an initiative by Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) which aims to improve the products and services offered by Islamic financial institutions towards a better facilitation of entrepreneurship, community well-being, sustainable environment and economic growth, without compromising on shareholders’ returns

Prepared by Strategic Communications Department, Agrobank

Source: Agrobank

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