KUALA LUMPUR: Malayan Banking Bhd
(Maybank) plans to mobilise RM300bil (US$74bil) in sustainable finance over the next five years, Malaysia's largest lender by assets said on Tuesday.
The move comes as part of the bank's new five-year strategy, ROAR30, till 2030, which includes achieving a return on equity (ROE) of 13-14% and an improved net interest margin of over 2.05%, Maybank said in a release.
In 2022, Maybank launched M25+, a refinement of its original M25 plan, aimed at driving sustainable long-term growth beyond 2025. It has mobilised more than RM156.32bil as of the nine months of 2025 under M25+.
The lender also intends to invest RM10bil over the next five years in technology, data, and artificial intelligence as part of the new strategy.
Maybank said its ROAR30 strategy focuses on three pillars, the first anchored "on humanising financing services through values-based offering" and almost doubling its sustainable financing from M25+.
The second included scaling core businesses, including Islamic finance, wealth management, and corporate and investment banking, to tap South East Asia's growth.
The third pillar targets technology upgrades, including cloud and AI adoption, to modernise core banking and support growth beyond 2030. - Reuters
