Affin Bank : Partners Malaysian Institute Of Integrity To Instill Integrity, Good Governance And Anti-corruption Values In SME Community

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE	10 FEBRUARY 2023

AFFIN BANK PARTNERS MALAYSIAN INSTITUTE OF INTEGRITY TO INSTILL INTEGRITY, GOOD GOVERNANCE AND ANTI-CORRUPTION VALUES IN SME COMMUNITY

KUALA LUMPUR: Affin Bank Berhad ("AFFIN BANK" or "the Bank") has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with The Malaysian Institute of Integrity ("IIM") for strategic collaborations including consultation, research and advocacy programmes as well as training in an effort to cultivate the values of integrity, good governance and anti-corruption within the Small & Medium Enterprise (SME).

IIM Chief Executive Officer, YBhg. Datuk Wan Suraya binti Wan Mohd Radzi represented IIM to sign the MoU while AFFIN BANK was represented by the President & Group Chief Executive Officer, Affin Bank Berhad YBhg. Datuk Wan Razly Abdullah. The ceremony was also witnessed by YBhg. Dato' Yeow Wah Chin, IIM Board of Director, IIM's Top Management as well as Mr. Tan Lai Hock, Acting Executive Director, Enterprise Banking of Affin Bank Behad.

The MoU collaboration is in line with the commitment and efforts of AFFIN BANK and IIM in cultivating the value of integrity and good governance at all levels of society.

"With the signing of this MoU, it demonstrate the commitment of many parties on the importance of practicing a high culture of integrity and good governance in an organisation. This is also in line with IIM's role to strengthen the knowledge and competency of public and private sectors through advocacy, training, consultancy as well as integrity assessment and good governance ", said YBhg. Datuk Wan Suraya Wan Mohd Radzi, Chief Executive Officer of IIM.

"IIM and AFFIN BANK will form a committee to refine and oversee the overall programs that will be implemented in the MoU." Added YBhg. Datuk Wan Suraya.

President & Group Chief Executive Officer of Affin Bank Berhad, YBhg. Datuk Wan Razly Abdullah said, "We are honoured to partner with IIM as part of our ongoing efforts to uphold and promote integrity, good governance and anti-corruption values in the SME community. This collaboration reaffirms our commitment and unwavering support for the government's agenda of creating a healthy business environment and culture".

"With the signing of this MoU, it demonstrates our commitment and unwavering support to the government's agenda to create a healthy business culture and environment." Added YBhg. Datuk Wan Razly.

A Breakfast Talk entitled 'Doing Business with Integrity' was also held at this event. The program talks about the management of good governance and anti-corruption practices in the SME community. The program featured panelists namely YBhg. Dato' Yeow Wah Chin, IIM Board of Director, Ms. Geetha Kandiah from KASS International and Ms. Mandy Yeoh from Pertiwi Oligo Sdn Bhd. The program was attended by a total of 100 participants consisting of SMEs and AFFIN BANK officers as well as IIM Top Management.

To know more about AFFIN BANK's SME Colony, please visit the AFFIN SME Colony website: www.affinalways.com/en/sme-qrand for more information about the Malaysian Institute of Integrity (IIM), please visit www.iim.gov.my.

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The Malaysian Institute of Integrity (IIM)

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Affin Bank Berhad
Amirah Aliah Azlan	Archanaa Vijayaraman
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Sharifah Syahirah Syed Azlan
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About Malaysian Institute of Integrity (IIM)

The Integrity Institute of Malaysia (IIM) was established in April 2004 with the objective of coordinating, monitoring and evaluating the implementation of the National Integrity Plan (NIP). In January 2019, the National Integrity Plan was replaced by the National Anti-Corruption Plan (NACP).

The implementation of the NACP was developed by the National Governance, Integrity and Anti-Corruption Centre (GIACC), to set the main objectives based on the initiatives that will be taken by each public and private orgaisations to deal with corruption, integrity and governance matters for the next five years.

NACP's vision is to create a corruption-free country through three specific goals, namely Accountability and Credibility of the Judiciary, Prosecution and Law Enforcement Agencies; Efficient and responsive Public Service Delivery, and Integrity in Business.

IIM functions as the operational body of GIACC with the aim of developing the capacity and efficiency of the public and private sectors to assist the country in realising its objective of becoming a country known for its integrity, rather than corruption.

IIM also provides consulting services, evaluation instruments and training services to government agencies, private organisations including small and medium-sized enterprises through the Anti-Corruption Management System (ABMS), Anti- Corruption Development Plan (OACP), Individual Profile Assessment (IIP), Integrity Assessment Instrument (IAT), Community Integrity Development (CIB) and Ethics and Integrity Training Programme.

About AFFIN Group

Consisting of Affin Bank Berhad as the financial holding company of Affin Islamic Bank Berhad, Affin Hwang Investment Bank Berhad, Affin Moneybrokers Sdn Bhd and AXA AFFIN Life Insurance Berhad. AXA AFFIN General Insurance Berhad is an associate company of Affin Bank Berhad.

AFFIN Group provides a suite of financial products and services that is catered to both retail and corporate customers. The target business segments are categorized under key business units such as Community Banking, Enterprise Banking, Corporate Banking, Treasury, Investment Banking and Securities. For more information, please visit https://www.affingroup.com