AEON Bank has enabled its users to make their zakat contributions within its app during Ramadan.
The service is offered through a partnership with Tulus Digital, an Islamic social finance platform authorised to collect zakat on behalf of state religious authorities including Pusat Pungutan Zakat MAIWP and Lembaga Zakat Selangor.
Payments made via the app are processed through secure API integrations and settled directly to the respective zakat authorities.
The feature supports 11 types of zakat, including Zakat Fitrah, income, business, gold and EPF contributions.
For Zakat Fitrah, users can select the applicable rice category and specify the number of dependents before confirming payment.
Each transaction includes a digital aqad to ensure the contribution complies with Shariah requirements.
Customers receive an in-app receipt upon successful payment, followed by an email notification from Tulus Digital.
Official tax-deductible receipts are available through the respective state zakat authority portals.
AEON Bank Chief Executive Officer YM Raja Datin Paduka Teh Maimunah Raja Abdul Aziz said,
“At AEON Bank, we believe that digital banking should be more than just about managing money; it should also support your lifestyle and values. By enabling the Zakat feature in our app, we are fulfilling the amanah to make mandatory religious obligations as convenient and stress-free as possible.
This partnership with Tulus Digital is about merging ethical technology, just in time for Ramadan, allowing our customers to focus on their Rukun Islam amal ibadah while we facilitate the technical details.”
The service currently facilitates payments to Lembaga Zakat Selangor and Pusat Pungutan Zakat MAIWP.
Malaysia’s first digital Islamic bank said it intends to progressively expand the feature to other state zakat authorities.
Featured image: (From left)Idham Baharum, Treasurer, AEON Bank; Ustaz Ibrahim Mohd Hasan, Chief Shariah Officer, AEON Bank; Mohd Shahril Emran, Chief Operating Officer, Tulus Digital; Tsutomu Kamagata, Acting CEO, AEON Bank; Ubaida Othman, Commercial Director, Tulus Digital; Aizuddin Danian Izham Cheong, Chief Personal Banking Officer, AEON Bank; Hafizzul Ariffin, Chief Business Officer, Tulus Digital
