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Rates.my FD Index · Edition 2

The Rates.my Malaysia FD Rate Index — August 2026

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Every bank advertises its best fixed deposit rate — but most of those rates come with a catch: a RM50,000+ minimum, a specific branch, or new-to-bank status. So we calculated two numbers, not one: the headline average, and what a normal saver can actually get.

3.48%
Average Top Rate
across 16 banks
3.33%
Accessible Average
≤RM20,000 deposit
0.16pp
Eligibility Gap
the cost of chasing headlines
How this Index is built. We take every bank's single highest fixed deposit rate for the Average Top Rate, then repeat the calculation using only products a RM20,000 deposit can unlock, for the Accessible Average. Both recalculate automatically from the same live data behind our FD comparison page — see how we verify rates. As of 7 Sep 2026, 2:39 PM MYT.

The eligibility gap: what "best rate" actually means

The average headline rate is 3.48% — but 1of the four highest individual rates are gated behind conditions most savers won't clear: five- or six-figure minimum deposits, new-to-bank status, or wealth-tier relationship balances (full detail on each bank is in the table below). Strip out everything needing more than RM20,000, and the real average an ordinary saver can open falls to 3.33% — a 0.16-point gap between what banks advertise and what most people get.

Not every "FD" rate is a fixed deposit

Some of the highest rates we track don't belong in this Index at all. CIMB's TIA-i and Bank Muamalat's TIA-i campaign both advertise FD-beating numbers — but the banks' own product notes call them Term Investment Accounts, not deposits, so their returns are indicative and not PIDM-covered like a real fixed deposit. Both are excluded from every average and the table below. We'd rather be right than be highest. If a flexible, higher-headline home for spare cash is what you're after, our e-wallet & digital bank rates page ranks those separately — and flags which are PIDM-insured deposits versus money-market funds.

Check before you deposit. A fixed deposit with a licensed Malaysian bank is PIDM-protected up to RM250,000 per depositor per bank. A product with a similar name and rate isn't automatically the same thing — if the literature mentions Tawarruq, Term Investment Account, or an investment mandate, confirm PIDM coverage with the bank before you commit.

Every bank's best rate, ranked

All 16 banks we track, ranked by their single highest currently-advertised fixed deposit rate (PIDM-insured products only).

BankBest rateMin. depositAccessible?
Alliance Bank4.38%RM10,000Yes — under RM20k
HSBC Malaysia4.28%RM50,000Needs RM50,000 — or 2.05% under RM20k
UOB Bank4.10%RM10,000Yes — under RM20k
Bank Muamalat3.83%RM5,000Yes — under RM20k
Public Bank3.80%RM10,000Yes — under RM20k
RHB Bank3.80%RM5,000Yes — under RM20k
CIMB Bank3.75%RM1,000Yes — under RM20k
OCBC Bank3.75%RM10,000Yes — under RM20k
AmBank3.70%RM1,000Yes — under RM20k
Hong Leong Bank3.70%RM1,000Yes — under RM20k
GXBank3.70%RM1Yes — under RM20k
Standard Chartered3.60%RM60,000Needs RM60,000 — no lower tier tracked
Agrobank2.50%RM500Yes — under RM20k
BSN2.45%RM500Yes — under RM20k
Bank Rakyat2.40%RM500Yes — under RM20k
Bank Islam2.00%RM500Yes — under RM20k

The Rates.my FD Rate Index is refreshed monthly (this is the August 2026 edition) and recalculated live from the same data behind our comparison pages — the numbers above are current as of 7 Sep 2026, 2:39 PM MYT, not a publish-date snapshot. The July edition printed 3.29% / 3.02% — note the two editions aren't perfectly comparable, since this one also tightened the PIDM filter (Bank Muamalat's TIA-i is now excluded) and several July-only campaigns lapsed. See the full live comparison and filter by your own amount and tenure →

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