Looking for advice regarding loan application

Last activity 07 June 2019 by sarah muna

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liloveeMember30 April 2019 09:59:10

Hi! I've been living in Malaysia for more than 20 years. Married to a Malaysian and with kids and running my own business. I'm a holder of Red IC and is eligible to apply for Blue IC but I do not want to give up my citizenship for personal reasons, (I guess we are all aware that Malaysia does not permit dual citizenship).

I have applied for credit cards to most of the banks including my business banker but have been rejected for reasons I do not know. I also have applied for loans but have been turned down as well. One bank did tell me that rejection for my loan application is because I am not a Malaysian. Fine... but I am running legitimate business and has been duly paying taxes. My CTOS report is also clean. Ah yes, my friends jokingly said that maybe it's too clean.

I've read somewhere here that the most possible way to get credit card is to have at least a monthly salary of RM 10,000.00 or make an FD which will be the same amount of your credit limit. Can anyone confirm this?

Do banks not consider any other reason such as the length of years one has been living here or the ability to pay back.

Note: main reason for trying to apply for financing is expansion of business.

GravitasViP30 April 2019 10:11:30

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Yes foreigners are now asked to place a FD covering maximum credit limit to get a CC issued by Malaysian banks. In effect a person is just sponsoring their own credit.

I've only seen loans based on collateral such as cars or property. If you have a Company Secretary and Accountant they may have advice where business loans could be sourced. However it might be through involving other investors (partners) in your business

liloveeMember06 May 2019 11:09:12

Hi!
Thanks. Our company Secretary has been very helpful in all our financing applications but it is really not easy. It looks like the only alternative is to sell the major shares to a Malaysian.

sarah munaMember07 June 2019 02:39:37

you dont have to sell off the shares for real.
you can find a proxy and get them to pre-sign all the share cert transfer back to you as well as the director resignation forms. that way if they cause trouble, you just need to get the co.sec. to immediately submit all the forms to effectively remove the proxy
everyone knows that.

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