KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) — Malaysia’s Malayan Banking Berhad (Maybank) has reported higher profit in the first half of this year, underpinned by an uplift in non-interest income.

Maybank said in a statement on Tuesday that its net profit for the first half rose 4 percent year-on-year to 5.22 billion ringgit (1.24 billion U.S. dollars). Meanwhile, for the second quarter, the firm’s net profit also increase