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Picture this: you are 38, mid-career, with a home loan, a car, and two kids in school. At a routine check-up, your doctor finds something that needs further tests, and two weeks later you are staring at a cancer diagnosis. Chemotherapy will run for the next six months. Your employer covers some of it, but the medication, follow-up appointments, and unpaid leave stack up fast, and your savings were meant for a mortgage or house renovation, not this.

Lembaga Hasil Dalam Negeri (LHDN) telah mengeluarkan taksiran cukai tambahan berjumlah RM4.4 bilion setakat 30 Jun 2026, hasil daripada audit dan pemeriksaan pematuhan cukai. Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif LHDN, Datuk Dr Abu Tariq Jamaluddin, mengumumkan perkara ini semasa perasmian Persidangan Percukaian Kebangsaan ke-26 di KLCC pada 4 Ogos 2026. Abu Tariq berkata LHDN akan terus menumpukan perhatian kepada kes ketidakpatuhan cukai yang serius, termasuk pengelakan cukai dan perancangan cukai agresif.

Maybank Islamic is running a Spend & Win campaign for Ikhwan Credit Card-i holders, running from 1 August to 31 December 2026. The grand prize is RM50,000 worth of gold, credited into the winner’s Maybank Islamic Gold Account-i (MIGA-i).

Kad Kredit dan Kad Kredit-i Bank Simpanan Nasional (BSN) kini menawarkan diskaun 15% untuk pembelian menerusi aplikasi ZALORA dan laman sesawang ZALORA Malaysia. Diskaun ini ada had tertentu yang anda perlu penuhi terlebih dahulu sebelum ia terpakai semasa proses pembayaran (checkout). Diskaun 15% ini sah dengan perbelanjaan minimum RM130 dalam satu resit, tetapi potongan maksimum dihadkan pada RM25 sahaja.

Nearly 13,000 Selangor teens turning 18 this year have yet to claim RM1,500 owed to them under Tabung Warisan Anak Selangor (TAWAS), Selangor Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari said. While 21,268 members are eligible, 12,626 have yet to submit their claims. Amirudin said the state has struggled to reach eligible members, as some have moved to other states or overseas and changed their phone numbers.

Bank Islam is closing its Pay with Rewards (PWR) app [PDF] on 7 August 2026 and moving all of its functions into BIMB Mobile, the bank’s main banking app. If you have been using PWR to pay for purchases with your TruPoints, BIMB Mobile is where you will do that from Friday onwards. PWR is the part of the TruRewards programme that lets you apply your points against a purchase you have already made at Mastercard merchants, rather than ordering merchandise from a catalogue.

Hubungan kewangan Malaysia dan Singapura antara yang paling erat di Asia Tenggara. Ramai rakyat Malaysia ada akaun bank, pelaburan, polisi insurans dan pengurusan kekayaan di Singapura. Pada masa yang sama, profesional kewangan dari Singapura kerap berurusan dengan pelanggan Malaysia melalui konsultasi, seminar, dan pelbagai interaksi rentas sempadan yang lain.

The financial relationship between Malaysia and Singapore is among the strongest in Southeast Asia. Many Malaysians maintain bank accounts, investments, insurance policies and wealth management relationships in Singapore, while Singapore-based financial professionals frequently engage Malaysian clients through consultations, seminars and other cross-border interactions.

The Finance Ministry (MoF) is studying whether to allow fresh food purchases under the Sumbangan Asas Rahmah (SARA) programme. Responding to questions in Dewan Negara, Finance Minister II Datuk Seri Amir Hamzah Azizan said the government needs to first ensure product quality, food safety and consumer protection. Amir Hamzah said the government expanded SARA’s eligible items in February 2026 to include frozen food as an interim measure while fresh food remains under review.

Buat makluman kepada penerima Sumbangan Asas Rahmah (SARA), makanan segar masih belum boleh dibeli menggunakan bantuan ini. Berdasarkan laporan The Malaysian Reserve, Kementerian Kewangan (MOF) menerusi Menteri Kewangan II Datuk Seri Amir Hamzah Azizan di Dewan Negara pada 3 Ogos 2026 yang lalu berkata ianya masih dalam kajian.