Malaysia · Financial institution
Ambank Islamic Berhad
AmBank Islamic Berhad is a public company incorporated in Malaysia. It is licensed by Bank Negara Malaysia as an Islamic bank and has its head office in Kuala Lumpur. It is a subsidiary of AMMB Holdings Berhad, the listed holding company of AmBank Group. The bank provides Shariah-compliant retail, business and wholesale banking, including financing, deposits, trade finance, cash management and treasury services. It formerly traded as AmIslamic Bank Berhad.
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
- AISLMYKLXXX 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 AISLMYKL 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
- 2006-07-22
- Last updated
- 2023-07-29
Overview
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
Employees
Not published
Ownership
Group subsidiary
100% AMMB Holdings Berhad
Institution type
Islamic bank
Trades as AmBank Islamic
- Ownership
- AMMB Holdings Berhad, which is listed on Bursa Malaysia, holds the bank as its sole equity holder.
- Direct parent
- AMMB Holdings Berhad ↗, Malaysia 100%
- Head office
- Level 38, Menara AmBank, No. 8, Jalan Yap Kwan Seng, 50450 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (registered office: 22nd Floor, Bangunan AmBank Group, No. 55, Jalan Raja Chulan, 50200 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
- Company register
- 199401009897 (295576-U), Companies Commission of Malaysia
- Former name
- AmIslamic Bank Berhad
Business lines
According to its interim statements for the period to 30 June 2026, the bank reports four segments. These are retail, business, wholesale (corporate, transaction banking and treasury) and Islamic investment banking origination. Household financing is its largest financing sector.
Online
- Websites & references
- ambankgroup.com ↗
ambankislamic.com.my ↗ entity domain listed in the BNM directory (fetch was refused in this session)
ambank.com.my ↗ group retail banking site, also covering AmBank Islamic products - Official social accounts
- None found
Sources · 10 pages consulted
- bnm.gov.my/-/ambank-islamic-berhad
- ambankgroup.com/docs/ambankgrouplibraries/investors-docs/financial-results-and-corporate-presentations/fy
- ambankgroup.com/our-story/board-of-directors/ambank-islamic-berhad
- ambankgroup.com/our-story/senior-management
- ambankgroup.com/our-story/board-of-directors/ambank-islamic-berhad/dato--mohamed-rafique-merican-bin-mohd
- ambankgroup.com/
- ambankgroup.com/investor-relations/financial-results-and-corporate-presentation/fy2027
- ambank.com.my/
- ambankgroup.com/docs/ambankgrouplibraries/policy-docs/solicitor/assetpurchaseagreement.pdf?sfvrsn=ee6d360
- aminvest.com/about-aminvest/corporate-profile/amislamic-funds-management-sdn-bhd
Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Chief executive
-
Eqhwan Mokhzanee Muhammad
Chief Executive Officer, AmBank Islamic
- Chair
- Dato' Mohamed Rafique Merican Mohd Wahiduddin Merican Chairman/Independent Non-Executive Director
- Chief financial officer
-
Phuah Shok Cheng
Group Chief Financial Officer, AmBank Group (group-level role)
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 Dato' Mohamed Rafique Merican as Chairman and Independent Non-Executive Director on 2 January 2026.
ambankgroup.com ↗
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
- AISLMYKLXXX
- How the BIC breaks down
- AISLBank
- MYCountry · Malaysia
- KLLocation
- XXXBranch · head office
- Branch description
- Not recorded in the directory
- LEI
- 549300Z0P8NDN88T2269
- 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
- Direct parent
- Ammb Holdings Berhad · Malaysia254900R0GQB7U67SCH62 ↗
The Ammb Holdings Berhad group has 3 institutions in the directory, in 1 country: all hold a BIC.
Including Ambank (M) Berhad, Aminvestment Bank Berhad.
See the Ammb Holdings Berhad group →Group membership follows the accounting-consolidation relationships reported to GLEIF. It does not show ownership shares or control.
Addresses
- Registered address
- MENARA AMBANK FLOOR 45 JALAN YAP KWAN SENG KUALA LUMPUR 50450 MALAYSIA
- Operational address
- MENARA AMBANK FLOOR 45 JALAN YAP KWAN SENG KUALA LUMPUR KUALA LUMPUR 50450 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>AISLMYKLXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>549300Z0P8NDN88T2269</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>AISLMYKLXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>549300Z0P8NDN88T2269</LEI>
<Nm>AMBANK ISLAMIC BERHAD</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<TwnNm>KUALA LUMPUR</TwnNm>
<Ctry>MY</Ctry>
<AdrLine>MENARA AMBANK FLOOR 45 JALAN YAP KWAN SENG KUALA LUMPUR 50450</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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- 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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