KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 26 (Bernama) -- AmBank Group won two awards at the Malaysian e-Payments Excellence Awards (MEEA) held in Kuala Lumpur on 31 July 2019. The MEEA is an annual event that recognises the outstanding achievements of banks, businesses and government agencies that have contributed significantly towards excellence, innovation and growth in electronic payments in Malaysia.
 
AmBank Group was honoured with the awards for:
• Outstanding Contribution to JomPAY – third consecutive year
• Outstanding Contribution to MyDebit – third consecutive year
 
Encik Adnan Zaylani Mohamad Zahid, Assistant Governor, Bank Negara Malaysia presented the awards to Datuk Iswaraan Suppiah, Group Chief Operations Officer, AmBank Group.
 
“We are very pleased to receive the Outstanding Contribution to JomPAY and MyDebit awards for the third consecutive year. This achievement is indeed an honour as it further demonstrates our commitment and efforts in encouraging our customers and partners to utilise JomPAY as an accessible bill payment eco-system, besides the utilisation of debit cards as an alternative to cash. We at AmBank are committed in accelerating the growth of cashless payments in the country,” said Dato’ Sulaiman Mohd Tahir, Group Chief Executive Officer, AmBank Group.
 
MEEA is organised by Payments Network Malaysia Sdn Bhd (PayNet), Malaysia's premier payments network and central infrastructure for financial markets.
 
About AmBank Group

 
AmBank Group is a leading financial services group with over 40 years of expertise in supporting the economic development of Malaysia. We have over three million customers and employ over 9,000 people.
 
The Group was listed on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia in 1988. It is the sixth-largest banking group by assets in Malaysia, with a market capitalisation of around RM13.7 billion and assets of RM158.8 billion as at 31 March 2019.
  
AmBank Group serves over three million individual and corporate customers. It provides services in wholesale banking, retail banking, business banking, investment banking and related financial services which include Islamic banking, underwriting of general insurance, stock and share broking, futures broking, investment advisory and management services in assets, real estate investment trust and unit trusts.
 
For more information, please visit www.ambankgroup.com  
 
Source: AmBank Group

FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
Name: Syed Anuar Syed Ali
Executive Vice President
Group Corporate Communications and Marketing
AmBank Group
Tel: 03-2036 1703
Email: sasa@ambankgroup.com 

--BERNAMA