BUMIPUTRA-COMMERCE Bank Bhd (BCB) is actively making a re-entry into Islamic banking, following the sale of its stake in Bank Muamalat, either through the conventional Islamic banking window or a new Islamic banking licence.
Banking sources told StarBiz that BCB was waiting for the sale of its Bank Muamalat stake to be completed before deciding on the step to be taken. Among the other anchor banks, RHB Bank recently announced that it had applied for an Islamic banking licence.
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