Bank Negara's cost to income ratio reached 48.5% in the fourth quarter of 2019, up from 47.8% when compared to the previous quarter.
Historically, the bank’s costs reached an all time high of 88.6% of income in 4Q2006 and an all time low of 34.6% in 2Q2003.
When compared to total assets, bank's cost amounted to 3.12% in 4Q2019, up from 2.86% in the previous quarter.
Staff accounted for 40.0% of total operating expenditures in the fourth quarter of 2019. The bank operated a network of 2,254 branches and employed 24,842 persons in 4Q2019.
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