KUALA LUMPUR: RHB Banking Group has pledged RM1 million in humanitarian assistance towards aiding families affected by the recent floods as part of its ongoing RHB Touch Hearts Programme.
Group managing director and chief executive officer Datuk Khairussaleh Ramli said the recent flood had severely affected thousands of families and had left many without homes and losing their personal belongings.
Khairussaleh said in doing RHB part to help ease the burden of the communities affected by the flood, the bank has pledged RM1 million to provide immediate assistance to those affected families and the communities.
"Our teams across the country have also been mobilised to assist in delivering humanitarian aid as well as cleaning up homes of those families who need help.
"We hope this small effort of ours will be able to help the affected communities to rebuild their lives to a certain extent," he said.
Thus far, RHB's team has reached out to 400 affected families in Hulu Langat and Puchong, Selangor.
In addition to humanitarian aid efforts, RHB has provided the necessary financial assistance and support to victims of the recent floods.
The bank's Flood Relief Assistance Programme provides financial assistance to individual and Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) customers.
This has been provided in the form of a moratorium on financing facilities and loans, waiver of late payment charges and interest on affected Credit Cards, card replacement fee waiver for ATM, Debit Cards, and Credit Cards as flood relief financing for new and existing SME customers.