MEA round up: KFH to buy in Malaysia

September 24, 2007

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Kuwait Finance House is eyeing up certain branches of Malaysia’s RHB Bank, according to Salman Younis, the chief of the Gulf bank’s Malaysian unit. RHB Bank has obtained regulatory approval to start the sale talks but the Malaysian unit of KFH was still awaiting the nod from Malaysia’s central bank to begin discussions. At the moment there are up to 30 branches that could change hands in the next few months.

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Dominic O’Neill

EMEA editor

Dominic O’Neill is EMEA editor. He joined Euromoney in 2007 to cover emerging markets, focusing on central and eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa, and later on Latin America. Based in London, he has covered developed market banking since 2015.