KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 18 (Bernama) --CIMB Bank Does It Again, And This Time For Its
Efforts To Make Online Banking Easier For Its Customers. CIMB Bank Was Awarded
The Inaugural Best Internet Bank Award In Malaysia At Global Finance’s The
World’s Best Internet Bank Awards At Its 9th Annual Awards Dinner In New York.
Joseph D Giarraputo, Publisher, Global Finance magazine said, “CIMB Bank’s
efforts in ensuring that its internet banking platform offers customers the best
possible service with the highest level of security is laudable.”
“The world is becoming increasingly connected and more and more people are
looking for convenience online. CIMB Bank has proved that the online facilities
it offers its customers provide them just that, with no compromise to security.
The bank’s win of Global Finance’s Best Internet Bank in Malaysia Award speaks
volumes for its service levels and its customers’ trust in its capabilities,” he
added.
Peter England, Head, Retail and Financial Services, CIMB Bank said, “It is an
honour for us to receive this award. It is proof that all our efforts to provide
a safe online platform for our customers to both transact and interact with the
bank are recognised.”
“CIMB Clicks, our online banking platform, has gained great traction in its
uptake and as such, it is important that it consistently exceeds customers’
expectations for online banking. This award will spur us on to take it to
greater heights,” he continued.
233 individual banks from around the world entered submissions to be considered
Best Internet Bank in various categories. The winners of the awards were
selected based on the strength of their strategy for attracting and servicing
online customers, success in getting clients to use web offerings, growth of
online customer base, breadth of products offered, evidence of tangible benefits
gained from internet initiatives, and web site design and functionality.
Global Finance is a monthly magazine founded in 1987. Its mission is to help
corporate leaders, bankers and investors chart the course of global business and
finance. Global Finance magazine has a circulation of 50,050, is audited by the
Business Publications Audit of Circulations, and has readers in 163 countries.
It is headquartered in New York, with offices in London, Rio de Janeiro and
Milan. Global Finance’s readers include Chairmen, Presidents, CEOs, CFOs,
Treasurers and other senior financial officers responsible for making investment
and strategic business decisions at multinational companies and financial
institutions.
About CIMB Bank
CIMB Bank is the commercial banking arm of CIMB Group, offering consumer banking
and corporate banking services.
CIMB Group is Malaysia’s second largest financial services provider and one of
ASEAN’s leading universal banking groups. It offers commercial banking,
investment banking, Islamic banking, asset management and insurance products and
services. Headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, the Group is now present in 8 out of 10
ASEAN nations (Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore, Cambodia, Brunei,
Vietnam, and Myanmar). Beyond ASEAN, the Group has market presence in China,
Hong Kong, Bahrain, India, Sri Lanka, the US and UK.
With the largest branch network in ASEAN of 1,109 branches as at 30 September,
2011, the bank is helmed by people from the region. We reach at least 83% of the
ASEAN population, representing 89% of the region''s GDP.
CIMB Group operates its business through three main brand entities, CIMB Bank,
CIMB Investment Bank and CIMB Islamic. CIMB Group is also the majority
shareholder of Bank CIMB Niaga in Indonesia, and the single largest shareholder
of CIMB Thai in Thailand.
CIMB Group is listed on Bursa Malaysia via CIMB Group Holdings Berhad. It has a
market capitalisation of approximately RM51.8 billion as at 30 September 2011.
The Group has over 40,000 employees located in 14 countries.
SOURCE : CIMB GROUP
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
NAME : Effendy Shahul Hamid
Head of Group Marketing & Communications
CIMB Group
TEL : +603 2087 3030
FAX : +603 2093 1008
EMAIL : effendy.hamid@cimb.com
--BERNAMA
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