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1.12 million EPF members make RM14.13 billion voluntary contributions

EPF records 1.12 million members making voluntary contributions worth RM14.13 billion as of August 2025, with strong growth in i-Saraan.

KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 1.12 million Employees Provident Fund members have made voluntary contributions worth RM14.13 billion as of August this year.

The Ministry of Finance provided this update in a written parliamentary reply today.

The ministry stated that EPF has created various channels to help members build their retirement savings.

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As of August 2025, a total of 227,000 EPF members have registered to contribute more than the statutory employee contribution rate.

The MoF was responding to a question from Bukit Gantang MP Datuk Syed Abu Hussin Hafiz Syed Abdul Fasal regarding plans to encourage citizens to open EPF accounts.

For the first half of 2025, the i-Saraan programme recorded total contributions of RM2.8 billion from 487,375 members.

This represents an increase of about 74% from RM1.60 billion in the same period last year.

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The number of i-Saraan members also grew by 48% from 330,196 in the first half of 2024.

Additionally, some 158,000 husbands have joined the i-Sayang programme involving a total transfer of contributions totalling RM309.4 million as of August 2025. – Bernama

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