KUALA LUMPUR, July 1 — The i-Citra initiative is designed for members to withdraw their savings primarily from Account 2 as the facility is already set up for members to access it for specific needs such as paying for home loans, medical expenses and education fees, according to the Employees Provident Fund (EPF).

KUALA LUMPUR, June 30 — The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) will be opening its service counters at its branch offices nationwide beginning tomorrow, from 8.30am to 2.00pm on weekdays for selected services.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 28 — Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has announced that the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) will introduce i-Citra, a new facility aimed at easing the financial burden of the fund’s members due to the impact of the movement control order (MCO).

KUALA LUMPUR, June 13 — The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) offices and service counters nationwide will remain closed during the extension of the full movement control order (MCO3.0) from June 15 to 28 to curb the spread of Covid-19.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 30 — The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) will close its offices and service counters nationwide from June 1-14, 2021, in line with the implementation of the first phase of a total lockdown during the period.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 20 — The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) said an old statement regarding the maximum age of 75 years for contributors to receive dividend payment is outdated and is no longer applicable.

KUALA LUMPUR April 2 — The withdrawals under the Employees’ Provident Fund’s (EPF) i-Sinar scheme is seen to have a positive immediate impact on the real economy as it supported domestic consumptions.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 2 — Applicants for the i-Sinar facility under the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) submitted before February 25 will be progressively approved in batches following the removal of all previous criteria set for the withdrawals, and payments begin Tuesday, March 2.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 27 — The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) said to date, a total of RM18.1 billion has been withdrawn by 5.16 million members under the i-Lestari facility, which was among the immediate measures undertaken by the fund amid the challenging situation in 2020 due to the pandemic.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 27 — The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) has declared a dividend of 5.2 per cent with a payout amounting to RM42.88 billion for Simpanan Konvensional and 4.9 per cent for Simpanan Shariah, with a payout totalling RM4.76 billion.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 12 — The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) is undertaking the necessary fine-tuning of its system, process and governance to accommodate the removal of the criteria for the i-Sinar facility.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 11 — The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) is working towards removing all conditions for the i-Sinar facility, said Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 10 — Tenaga Nasional Bhd today announced that its chief executive officer Datuk Seri Amir Hamzah Azizan has resigned as chief executive officer (CEO) after accepting a new Minister of Finance appointment.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 10 — The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) has announced the appointment of Datuk Seri Amir Hamzah Azizan as its chief executive officer (CEO) effective March 1.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 5 — Almost half of the people in the T20 income group who were polled by the UCSI Poll Research Centre said they used – or would use – their i-Sinar withdrawal to invest in gold and stocks.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 2 — The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) will resume counter services at its office in Shah Alam starting tomorrow.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 1 — The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) is temporarily closing its Shah Alam office and counters from Monday until further notice, after a number of employees at the branch tested positive for Covid-19.

PENDANG, Jan 21 — A lorry driver was arrested yesterday in Jalan Kampung Tong Prok, Padang Kerbau after police pulled him over and discovered he was transporting ketum (Mitragyna speciose) leaves.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 18 — The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) said its members who are applying for the i-Sinar facility under Category 2 will receive an interim payment of up to RM1,000 from the total amount applied, starting from January 26.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 12 — In light of the implementation of the movement control order (MCO), the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) has announced that all of its offices and counters in the states under the MCO and conditional MCO (CMCO) will be open for appointments only.