Case: Southern Bank Berhad (SBB) / Amran Tamat, Mohd Fadzli Masleh and Zaidah Kassim

Southern Bank Berhad (SBB), an anchor bank, commenced business in Penang in 1965. Since 1978, its corporate headquarters have been relocated to Kuala Lumpur. The SBB group is principally involved in banking, stockbroking, fund management and finance and financial related business locally and abroad...

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Main Authors: Tamat, Amran, Masleh, Mohd Fadzli, Kassim, Zaidah
Format: Student Project
Language:English
Published: Faculty of Business and Management 2001
Online Access:http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/16827/
http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/16827/2/PPb_AMRAN%20TAMAT%20BM%2001_5.pdf
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spelling uitm-168272019-02-19T07:33:38Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/16827/ Case: Southern Bank Berhad (SBB) / Amran Tamat, Mohd Fadzli Masleh and Zaidah Kassim Tamat, Amran Masleh, Mohd Fadzli Kassim, Zaidah Southern Bank Berhad (SBB), an anchor bank, commenced business in Penang in 1965. Since 1978, its corporate headquarters have been relocated to Kuala Lumpur. The SBB group is principally involved in banking, stockbroking, fund management and finance and financial related business locally and abroad that will soon extend to include merchant banking. The recent economic turmoil that hit Malaysia (1997-1998), has affected the financial industry and SBB experienced the same. Efforts were made by the government to minimized the impact with drastic currency control measures via fixing RM3.80 against USD1. Now the economy is recovering but there are still certain issues that need to be attended. Recent issues on globalization placed an impact in the business world. Competition among business is expected to grow due to unlimited transactions especially with the existence of advanced information technology. Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) reduced the number of domestic banks to only 10 under its Bank Consolidation Programme. This move was initiated to make the bank strong enough to face the competitive globalized economy. SBB is the one of the 10 anchor banks. Faculty of Business and Management 2001 Student Project NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/16827/2/PPb_AMRAN%20TAMAT%20BM%2001_5.pdf Tamat, Amran and Masleh, Mohd Fadzli and Kassim, Zaidah (2001) Case: Southern Bank Berhad (SBB) / Amran Tamat, Mohd Fadzli Masleh and Zaidah Kassim. [Student Project] (Unpublished)
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description Southern Bank Berhad (SBB), an anchor bank, commenced business in Penang in 1965. Since 1978, its corporate headquarters have been relocated to Kuala Lumpur. The SBB group is principally involved in banking, stockbroking, fund management and finance and financial related business locally and abroad that will soon extend to include merchant banking. The recent economic turmoil that hit Malaysia (1997-1998), has affected the financial industry and SBB experienced the same. Efforts were made by the government to minimized the impact with drastic currency control measures via fixing RM3.80 against USD1. Now the economy is recovering but there are still certain issues that need to be attended. Recent issues on globalization placed an impact in the business world. Competition among business is expected to grow due to unlimited transactions especially with the existence of advanced information technology. Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) reduced the number of domestic banks to only 10 under its Bank Consolidation Programme. This move was initiated to make the bank strong enough to face the competitive globalized economy. SBB is the one of the 10 anchor banks.
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author Tamat, Amran
Masleh, Mohd Fadzli
Kassim, Zaidah
spellingShingle Tamat, Amran
Masleh, Mohd Fadzli
Kassim, Zaidah
Case: Southern Bank Berhad (SBB) / Amran Tamat, Mohd Fadzli Masleh and Zaidah Kassim
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title Case: Southern Bank Berhad (SBB) / Amran Tamat, Mohd Fadzli Masleh and Zaidah Kassim
title_short Case: Southern Bank Berhad (SBB) / Amran Tamat, Mohd Fadzli Masleh and Zaidah Kassim
title_full Case: Southern Bank Berhad (SBB) / Amran Tamat, Mohd Fadzli Masleh and Zaidah Kassim
title_fullStr Case: Southern Bank Berhad (SBB) / Amran Tamat, Mohd Fadzli Masleh and Zaidah Kassim
title_full_unstemmed Case: Southern Bank Berhad (SBB) / Amran Tamat, Mohd Fadzli Masleh and Zaidah Kassim
title_sort case: southern bank berhad (sbb) / amran tamat, mohd fadzli masleh and zaidah kassim
publisher Faculty of Business and Management
publishDate 2001
url http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/16827/
http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/16827/2/PPb_AMRAN%20TAMAT%20BM%2001_5.pdf
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