Wednesday, January 30, 2013

MAICCI Applauds Bank Rakyat's Decision On Micro I-Financing Scheme

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 29 (Bernama) -- The Malaysian Associated Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (MAICCI) has welcomed Bank Rakyat's decision to exempt applicants from scrutiny by the Credit Tip Off Service Sdn Bhd (CTOS) and Central Credit Reference Information System (CCRIS) for the new Micro I-Financing Scheme (MUsk).

Source from (Bernama): http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v6/newsbusiness.php?id=924769
Published: January 30, 2013

The micro-financing package announced on Jan 28 is now available at all the bank's branches nationwide and from RM1,000 to RM50,000 with a 2.5 per cent service fee.

In a statement Tuesday, MAICCI President, Datuk K.K. Eswaran said the move provided a "second lease of life" for many small business entrepreneurs, who had been unable to expand their business due to being blacklisted by CTOS or CCRIS.

Eswaran said the organisation had voiced its concern on the blacklisting issue during a courtesy call on Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak in May last year.

"We later presented to him a detailed memorandum highlighting the importance of waiving the CTOS and CCRIS credit reference check, that would benefit many entrepreneurs who were being blacklisted mainly for standing as guarantors," he added.

The MAICCI is an apex Indian business organisation representing the various Indian chambers of commerce and industry and trade associations.

-- BERNAMA 

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