JAKARTA: Maybank Group’s Islamic banking arm, Maybank Islamic, has allocated almost RM36mil for corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives this year, with some portions of the allocation to be channelled towards communities in Indonesia through various social-impact programmes.
Maybank Islamic deputy chief executive officer Nor Shahrizan Sulaiman said the bank gave out RM1.7mil to a fund through its flagship Regional Ramadan Relief Programme, aimed at providing essential food items to over 6,000 underprivileged families in 11 countries.
