The road to making a responsible financial decision is well-ordered. Indeed, it is undeniable that contemporary society has witnessed a fundamental advance in the accessibility of various approaches with the mere click of a button. However, such heightened accessibility, resulting in vulnerabilities such as fraudulent activities and the proliferation of mule accounts, ought to be acknowledged.
Maybank’s Global Corporate Responsibility (CR) Day, held at the Performing Art Theatre (PAT) of Management and Science University (MSU), aimed to educate the next generation about financial literacy and raise awareness about the growing threats of fraud, scams, and mule accounts through its EmpowerED: Financial with Youth programme.
Three hundred students across faculties attended a seminar where they received insights on the significance of financial security for young individuals through Financial Literacy – A Guide for Youth, along with the session on Fraud Awareness & Making Financial Decisions: Protect Yourself, to emphasise the necessity of perpetual awareness in the digital realm. Session attendees were advised of the dire repercussions of giving up control of their accounts to third parties in exchange for financial benefits. The informative sharing sessions illuminated the frequent tactics employed by fraudsters and scammers, including the dangers of holding a mule account.
The seminar saw the presence of Inn Sann Yiow, Maybank’s Group Chief Compliance Officer; Cheng Kee Check, Maybank’s Non-Independent Non-Executive Director; Lim Kah Ee from FarhannaLim Law Firm; Haziq Faiz, a Compliance Officer at Maybank; and Associate Professor Nurul Asyikeen Abdul Jabar, the Dean of the Faculty of Business Management and Professional Studies (FMBP). Additionally, representatives from the Students and Career Development (SCD) department of MSU were also in attendance.
This programme sparked collaboration between MSU and the Compliance Department of Maybank Headquarters, potentially marking the beginning of numerous future projects.
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The road to making a responsible financial decision is well-ordered. Indeed, it is undeniable that contemporary society has witnessed a fundamental advance in the accessibility of various approaches with the mere click of a button. However, such heightened accessibility, resulting in vulnerabilities such as fraudulent activities and the proliferation of mule accounts, ought to be acknowledged.
Maybank’s Global Corporate Responsibility (CR) Day, held at the Performing Art Theatre (PAT) of Management and Science University (MSU), aimed to educate the next generation about financial literacy and raise awareness about the growing threats of fraud, scams, and mule accounts through its EmpowerED: Financial with Youth programme.
Three hundred students across faculties attended a seminar where they received insights on the significance of financial security for young individuals through Financial Literacy – A Guide for Youth, along with the session on Fraud Awareness & Making Financial Decisions: Protect Yourself, to emphasise the necessity of perpetual awareness in the digital realm. Session attendees were advised of the dire repercussions of giving up control of their accounts to third parties in exchange for financial benefits. The informative sharing sessions illuminated the frequent tactics employed by fraudsters and scammers, including the dangers of holding a mule account.
The seminar saw the presence of Inn Sann Yiow, Maybank’s Group Chief Compliance Officer; Cheng Kee Check, Maybank’s Non-Independent Non-Executive Director; Lim Kah Ee from FarhannaLim Law Firm; Haziq Faiz, a Compliance Officer at Maybank; and Associate Professor Nurul Asyikeen Abdul Jabar, the Dean of the Faculty of Business Management and Professional Studies (FMBP). Additionally, representatives from the Students and Career Development (SCD) department of MSU were also in attendance.
This programme sparked collaboration between MSU and the Compliance Department of Maybank Headquarters, potentially marking the beginning of numerous future projects.