At The Asian Banker Global Excellence in Retail Financial Services Awards 2025 were members of the CIMB team, including (L–R, fifth from left) Azmir Abdullah, regional head of sustainable finance, group commercial and transaction banking; Jason Wong, head of digital business, SME banking Malaysia; Daniel Cheong, head of consumer banking Malaysia; and Kevin Ng, head of sales channel, SME banking Malaysia, along with representatives from the consumer banking and commercial banking teams.
KUALA LUMPUR: CIMB Bank Bhd won three awards at The Asian Banker Global Excellence in Retail Financial Services Awards 2025 — Best Retail Bank in Malaysia, Best Digital SME Financing in Malaysia and Best Green Finance Initiative in Malaysia — underscoring its strengths in digitalisation and sustainability.
According to The Asian Banker, The Best Retail Bank in Malaysia award was conferred in recognition of CIMB’s strengths and leadership in areas including digital innovation, wealth management as well as sustainable and inclusive banking.
CIMB Malaysia CEO Gurdip Singh Sidhu said the recognition reflects the bank’s strong commitment to enhancing customer experience through continuous innovation and digital adoption.
“CIMB’s purpose has always been to advance customers and society, and our infrastructure has placed us in good stead to support rapidly evolving consumer needs by leveraging technology, data analytics and AI to drive productivity, customer experience, market leading innovation and operational resiliency.
“In the small and medium enterprises (SME) space, CIMB remains steadfast to solve and meet the needs of our customers by creating new products and services that will enable them to better close the gap on their financing and capital needs, thereby catalysing their growth further. We will continue to strive to make things
simpler, better and faster for our customers,” he said in a statement.
In the award for Best Digital SME Financing in Malaysia, which CIMB won for its CIMB OCTO Biz platform, The Asian Banker recognised the bank’s achievements in digital transformation.
Meanwhile, the award for Best Green Finance Initiative in Malaysia was granted to CIMB GreenBizReady, reflecting the bank’s commitment to supporting Malaysian SMEs in their transition towards a low-carbon economy and helping them achieve their sustainability goals.
