KUALA LUMPUR, 13 October 2025 – Bank Pembangunan Malaysia Berhad (BPMB) Group, together with its subsidiaries, Small Medium Enterprise Development Bank Malaysia Berhad (SME Bank) and Export-Import Bank of Malaysia Berhad (EXIM Bank), has been entrusted by the government to lead over RM9 billion worth of strategic initiatives under Budget 2026.
These initiatives underscore the group’s pivotal role as Malaysia’s integrated development finance institution (DFI), driving the Ekonomi MADANI vision through impact-driven financing, export facilitation, and SME ecosystem development.
The government’s confidence in the group’s ability to deliver coordinated, high-impact financing solutions that contribute meaningfully to national priorities has been reaffirmed through these new mandates.
As Budget 2026 marks the start of the Thirteenth Malaysia Plan (RMK13), BPMB Group aims to balance fiscal consolidation with accelerated economic development – advancing economic complexity, promoting innovation, and enhancing the well-being of the rakyat.
Aligned with national blueprints including NIMP 2030, the National Semiconductor Strategy, and the Energy Transition Roadmap, the group continues to strengthen an integrated development finance ecosystem that supports Malaysia’s transition towards a more innovative, resilient, and sustainable future.
Catalysing High-Impact Sectors to Advance National Priorities
BPMB will spearhead several new financing programmes to drive growth in key sectors and support national priorities, including:
- Semiconductor Financing Programme (RM500 million): Supporting Malaysia’s participation in the global semiconductor value chain under the National Semiconductor Strategy.
- MADANI Development Programme (RM3 billion): Financing public infrastructure, utilities, social infrastructure, and national security assets in support of RMK13.
- Urban Renewal and Tourism Programme (RM1 billion): Revitalising urban sites and boosting tourism-related industries.
These programmes complement BPMB’s ongoing efforts, with continued allocations exceeding RM2 billion across priority sectors such as Transportation and Logistics, Renewable Energy and Transition, Sustainable Development, Bumiputera Economic Empowerment, Digital Infrastructure, and Capital Access.
Fuelling SME Transformation for a Stronger Economy
SME Bank will continue strengthening Malaysia’s MSME ecosystem through targeted financing and capacity-building initiatives to enhance competitiveness, resilience, and innovation.
New Programmes include:
- Skim Pemacu Koperasi (RM100 million): Providing asset and working capital financing for registered cooperatives under the Malaysia Cooperative Commission.
- Dana Induk Payung (RM200 million): Supporting high-potential SMEs to scale as anchors, franchisors, or licensors, fostering new entrepreneurial ecosystems.
- Technology Adoption Fund (RM300 million): Accelerating smart technology adoption and digital transformation across manufacturing and services.
- Dana Pemangkin Ekosistem IBS 3.0 (RM200 million): Promoting Industrialised Building System (IBS) adoption among SMEs to encourage sustainable construction.
- Maju Usahawan MADANI 2.0 (RM2 million grant): Providing training in financial management, digitalisation, ESG practices, and marketing for micro, youth, women, and rural entrepreneurs.
- Business Exports Programme (RM6 million grant): A structured intervention with MATRADE and other partners to accelerate SME internationalisation and export readiness.
SME Bank’s ongoing programmes will continue to support tourism, export-oriented industries, Industry 4.0, the Halal ecosystem, women entrepreneurs, sustainability initiatives, franchise development, and social enterprise empowerment.
Powering Malaysia’s Presence in Global Markets
EXIM Bank will further strengthen Malaysia’s global trade position through new initiatives such as:
- Skim Eksport Lonjakan (RM500 million): Supporting exporters with financing solutions to mitigate cost pressures, enhance competitiveness, and scale internationally amid shifting global trade dynamics.
- Malaysia Global Connect (MGC Go Export Cover) (RM5 million): Providing takaful protection against commercial and political risks for exporters, thereby easing financial burdens and sustaining export growth into non-traditional markets, including Africa, Central Asia, ASEAN, and OIC member countries. This effort will be bolstered through a strategic partnership with the Islamic Corporation for the Insurance of Investment and Export Credit (ICIEC), under the auspices of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB).
In line with the Ekonomi MADANI framework, BPMB Group lauded the Government’s balanced, reform-driven approach in Budget 2026, which allocates RM419.2 billion to strengthen fiscal discipline, advance economic reforms, and drive sustainable growth.
BPMB Group reaffirmed its commitment to supporting these national priorities through its role as the country’s unified DFI, mobilising impact capital, empowering strategic sectors, and enabling inclusive and sustainable economic development across the nation.
