Malaysia · Financial institution
Affin Bank Berhad
Affin Bank Berhad is a Malaysian public company with its head office at Menara AFFIN, Tun Razak Exchange, Kuala Lumpur. Its shares are listed on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia. According to its group structure chart dated 27 February 2026, the Sarawak State Government holds 31.25%. That stake is held directly and through SG AssetFin Holdings, and The Bank of East Asia holds 23.93%. Bank Negara Malaysia licenses the bank as a commercial bank. It is the financial holding entity of Affin Islamic Bank, Affin Hwang Investment Bank and Affin Moneybrokers. The bank was founded in 1975 as Perwira Habib Bank and has used its present name since 30 August 2000.
Licences and registrations
Matched by LEI on the 22 tracked registers
None matched by LEI in the 22 tracked registers.
- The tracked registers cover payment, e-money, crypto and money-service firms in 37 countries. Bank licences from national supervisors are not tracked.
Swift network
Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory
- BIC
- PHBMMYKLXXX head office
- Connection to Swift
- Connected to SwiftThis BIC is registered as a live address on the Swift network. The institution sends and receives Swift messages under PHBMMYKL directly.
- Swift GPI
- Not on the member list
- Payment schemes and systems
- No entry in the EPC registers, the ECB T2 and TIPS lists or the SIX Bank Master cites this BIC
- Branch codes
- None: head-office BIC only
- BIC first registered
- 1989-03-06
- Last updated
- 2023-04-12
Overview
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
Employees
Not published
Ownership
Publicly listed
Ticker 5185 (AFFIN)
Institution type
Commercial bank
Trades as AFFIN
- Ownership
- The Sarawak State Government holds 31.25% (26.44% through SG AssetFin Holdings and 4.81% directly), The Bank of East Asia holds 23.93% and a further shareholder holds 21.13%, according to the group structure as at 27 February 2026.
- Major shareholders
- SG AssetFin Holdings Sdn Bhd (Sarawak State Government) 26.44% · 27 Feb 2026
The Bank of East Asia, Limited 23.93% · 27 Feb 2026
Lembaga Tabung Angkatan Tentera (Armed Forces Fund Board) 21.13% · 27 Feb 2026 - Stock listing
- Bursa Malaysia (Main Market) 5185 (AFFIN)
- Head office
- Level 19, Menara AFFIN, Lingkaran TRX, Tun Razak Exchange, 55188 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Company register
- 197501003274 (25046-T), Companies Commission of Malaysia
- Former names
- Perwira Affin Bank Berhad · Perwira Habib Bank (M) Berhad
Business lines
The group organises its business into Community Banking, Enterprise Banking, Corporate Banking, Treasury and Investment Banking, with Islamic banking run by the subsidiary Affin Islamic Bank.
Online
- Websites & references
- affingroup.com ↗
affin.listedcompany.com ↗ investor relations
affinalways.com ↗ retail banking site
affinbank.com.my ↗ former domain (access refused when fetched)
Wikipedia ↗ - Official social accounts
- LinkedIn ↗ · X ↗ · Facebook ↗ · Instagram ↗ · YouTube ↗
Sources · 11 pages consulted
- bnm.gov.my/-/affin-bank-berhad
- affingroup.com/en/affin-bank-berhad
- affin.listedcompany.com/
- affin.listedcompany.com/newsroom.html
- affin.listedcompany.com/misc/PressRelease/PressRelease2Q26.pdf
- affin.listedcompany.com/misc/ABB_Group_Structure_as_at_27_February_2026.pdf
- affin.listedcompany.com/news.html/id/2615444
- affin.listedcompany.com/news.html/id/2618102
- thestar.com.my/business/business-news/2026/04/23/affin-bank-chairman-md-agil-mohd-natt-retires
- thesun.my/business/affin-bank-chairman-md-agil-mohd-natt-retires-at-74/
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affin_Bank
Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Chief executive
- Datuk Wan Razly Abdullah President & Group Chief Executive Officer
Supervisors & regulators
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Malaysia
- Bank Negara Malaysia Central bankPrudential supervisorAML supervisorConductForeign exchange
Recent events
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
-
Leadership
The bank appointed Musa bin Abdul Malek as an independent non-executive director with effect from 22 May 2026.
affin.listedcompany.com ↗ -
Leadership
Chairman Datuk Md Agil Mohd Natt retired on 22 April 2026, having chaired the board since November 2019.
thestar.com.my ↗ -
Merger / acquisition
The bank completed its acquisition of Pheim Asset Management Sdn Bhd for MYR 50 million after receiving regulatory approvals.
thestar.com.my ↗
Compliance-relevant events of the last three years, newest first: fines and enforcement, investigations, incidents, leadership changes, mergers and licence changes. Each links to its source.
Identifiers
Head-office record
- BIC
- PHBMMYKLXXX
- How the BIC breaks down
- PHBMBank
- MYCountry · Malaysia
- KLLocation
- XXXBranch · head office
- Branch description
- Not recorded in the directory
- LEI
- 2549002RX9QANY14OL51
- LEI record
- View on GLEIF ↗
- How the LEI was matched
- BIC: Mapped to this BIC in the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI relationship file.
Profile
- Type
- Financial institutionClassified as a financial institution in Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory, with no licence on a tracked register. This includes banks that neither the ECB nor the FSB lists, as well as brokers, fund managers, insurers and market infrastructure.
- Regulation
- Not on a tracked registerNo licence or registration was found for this entity on the registers the directory tracks, or on the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks are licensed by national supervisors whose registers are not tracked yet. This does not mean that the institution is unregulated.
- Register licences
- None matched by LEI in the 22 tracked registersThe tracked registers cover payment, e-money, crypto and money-service firms in 37 countries. Bank licences from national supervisors are not tracked.
- Country · region
- Malaysia · East Asia & Pacific
- Trading venues (MIC)
- No MIC registered under this LEI list of 2026-09-17
- OFAC sanctions
- No listing cites this BIC
- EU sanctions
- No listing matched this BIC or its LEI
- Country sanctions
- No country programme
Types come from Swift’s BIC classification, the licences on the 22 tracked registers, and the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks outside the euro area appear as financial institutions, because their supervisors’ registers are not tracked yet.
No licence or registration was found for this entity on the 22 registers the directory tracks, or on the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks are licensed by national supervisors whose registers are not tracked yet. This does not mean that the institution is unregulated.
Ownership and group
GLEIF relationship records
The Affin Bank Berhad group has 2 institutions in the directory, in 1 country: all hold a BIC.
Including Affin Hwang Investment Bank Berhad.
See the Affin Bank Berhad group →Group membership follows the accounting-consolidation relationships reported to GLEIF. It does not show ownership shares or control.
Addresses
- Registered address
- MENARA AFFIN FLOOR 19 LINGKARAN TRX, TUN RAZAK EXCHANGE KUALA LUMPUR 55188 MALAYSIA
- Operational address
- MENARA AFFIN FLOOR 19 LINGKARAN TRX, TUN RAZAK EXCHANGE KUALA LUMPUR KUALA LUMPUR 55188 MALAYSIA
ISO 20022 identification
As an agent in a Swift cross-border payment message (CBPR+)
A CBPR+ message identifies this institution by its BIC, and may add its LEI or a clearing code. CBPR+ does not allow a name and postal address next to a BIC.
- Identified by
- BIC, with its LEI
- Roles in CBPR+
- Any agent, including the instructing and instructed agents
CBPR+
For cross-border payments on Swift: the BIC, with the LEI and clearing code where known
<FinInstnId>
<BICFI>PHBMMYKLXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>2549002RX9QANY14OL51</LEI>
</FinInstnId>Full record
Every ISO 20022 element the directory holds. Base ISO 20022 allows them together. CBPR+ does not allow a name and address next to a BIC
<FinInstnId>
<BICFI>PHBMMYKLXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>2549002RX9QANY14OL51</LEI>
<Nm>AFFIN BANK BERHAD</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<TwnNm>KUALA LUMPUR</TwnNm>
<Ctry>MY</Ctry>
<AdrLine>MENARA AFFIN FLOOR 19 LINGKARAN TRX</AdrLine>
<AdrLine>TUN RAZAK EXCHANGE KUALA LUMPUR 55188</AdrLine>
</PstlAdr>
</FinInstnId>The BIC, name and address are as published in Swift’s BIC directory. The LEI comes from the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI file. Check them against your own records before use.
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Sources & method
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Read the methodology →Credits for this page
- Ownership and group—GLEIF Level 2 relationship records (accounting consolidation), matched by LEI.
- Overview, leadership, regulators and events—researched per institution by an AI model with web search, from the institution's own website and reports, regulators, company registers and news. Figures, people and events link to their source, and each card shows the research date. AI research can be wrong or out of date, so check key facts at the source.
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