QUOTE(yeezai @ Jan 13 2010, 01:01 AM)
i guess national car have the most npl so dat makes it have a higher interest then other ...correct me if im wrong..

QUOTE(saiga @ Jan 13 2010, 02:30 AM)
coz foreign car more expensive. even lower interest rate, the
TOTAL profit that bank gets is higher

. back in 2004, u can get 1.38% loan for BMW, but the actual interest amount your pay is

e.g. proton RM50,000. interest 3.5% = bank get RM1750 per year
bmw RM300,000. interet 1.38% = bank get RM4140 per year
Added on January 13, 2010, 2:31 amsorry, u're wrong. correct answer is my post above

saiga,
Sorry, the correct answer is the one stated by yeezai. Risk management 101. High risk high return. Simple as that.
Besides, return is not measured in absolute term, it's measured in percentage term.
If your theory above is correct and if I'm a banker, I won't lend to bmw buyer. I'll find more proton buyers. With a capital of 300K,
lending to bmw buyer will only get me a return of 4,140. But if I were to lend to 6 proton buyers, my return will be 10,500.