KUALA LUMPUR: Bank Negara Malaysia clarified on Thursday that the buying and selling of foreign currency in Malaysia is only allowed with licensed commercial banks, Islamic banks, investment banks and international Islamic banks as provided for under the Exchange Control Act 1953.
Such trading is also allowed with licensed money services business providers (money changers) as provided for under the Money Services Business Act 2011.
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