Midas, a four-month-old kitten born with four ears, is pictured at her home in Ankara, Turkey November 19, 2021. REUTERS/Cagla Gurdogan 

A stray cat rests in Malcolm's Cat Sanctuary in Asomatos village in the outskirts of Limassol, Cyprus, June 1, 2021. Picture taken June 1, 2021. REUTERS/Yiannis Kourtoglou 

Wildlife department officials carry a Malayan sun bear at its head office in Kuala Lumpur March 24, 2015. It was among other animals estimated to be worth $20,000, including juvenile eagles and a slow loris, seized by the Wildlife Department during an operation against illegal wildlife traders earlier this month. The illegal wildlife trade is estimated to be $8 billion a year worldwide, according to TRAFFIC, a wildlife trade monitoring network. REUTERS/Olivia Harris

A wildlife department official holds a Malayan sun bear for the media at its head office in Kuala Lumpur, March 24, 2015. It was among other animals estimated to be worth $20,000, including juvenile eagles and a slow loris, seized by the wildlife department during an operation against illegal wildlife traders earlier this month. The illegal wildlife trade is estimated to be $8 billion a year worldwide, according to TRAFFIC, a wildlife trade monitoring network. REUTERS/Olivia Harris TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

A slow loris is carried in a cage by a wildlife department official at the head office in Kuala Lumpur March 24, 2015. It was among other animals estimated to be worth $20,000, including juvenile eagles and a Malayan sun bear cub, seized by the wildlife department during an operation against illegal wildlife traders earlier this month. The illegal global wildlife trade is estimated to be $8 billion a year worldwide, according to TRAFFIC, a wildlife trade monitoring network. REUTERS/Olivia Harris TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

A woman walks in an OCBC bank office at Sakura tower in Yangon October 1, 2014. Myanmar has granted nine foreign banks, including three Japanese lenders and Australia's ANZ, coveted licences to operate on a limited basis, the government's biggest move to date to bring in much needed foreign capital to a fast growing economy. The core banking units of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group and Mizuho Financial Group all gained licences - underscoring Japan's growing investment and influence in a country that is home to big projects such as the Thilawa economic zone near Yangon. Also making the cut were the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd, Singapore's Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp and United Overseas Bank, Thailand's Bangkok Bank and Malaysia's biggest lender Malayan Banking Berhard (maybank). REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun (MYANMAR - Tags: BUSINESS POLITICS) 

Malayan Banking Bhd (Maybank) CEO Abdul Farid Alias speaks at a news conference to announce their second quarter earnings in Kuala Lumpur August 28, 2014. Maybank, Malaysia's largest bank by assets, said its second-quarter net profit rose 0.5 percent, helped by a pick-up in loans and deposits and a rising market share in its consumer and Islamic banking operations. REUTERS/Olivia Harris (MALAYSIA - Tags: BUSINESS) 

Malayan Banking Bhd (Maybank) CEO Abdul Farid Alias speaks at a news conference to announce their second quarter earnings in Kuala Lumpur August 28, 2014. Maybank, Malaysia's largest bank by assets, said its second-quarter net profit rose 0.5 percent, helped by a pick-up in loans and deposits and a rising market share in its consumer and Islamic banking operations. REUTERS/Olivia Harris (MALAYSIA - Tags: BUSINESS) 

Chairman of Malaysia's Maybank, Megat Zaharuddin Megat Mohd Nor, speaks during a news conference at its headquarters in Kuala Lumpur August 21, 2013. Malayan Banking Bhd (Maybank), Malaysia's biggest bank by assets, reported on Wednesday a 9 percent rise in quarterly net profit, helped by higher interest income and the sale of financial assets. REUTERS/Bazuki Muhammad (MALAYSIA - Tags: BUSINESS HEADSHOT) 

New president and chief executive officer of Malaysia's Maybank, Abdul Farid Alias, listens to its chairman, Megat Zaharuddin Megat Mohd Nor, during a news conference at its headquarters in Kuala Lumpur August 21, 2013. Malayan Banking Bhd (Maybank), Malaysia's biggest bank by assets, reported on Wednesday a 9 percent rise in quarterly net profit, helped by higher interest income and the sale of financial assets. REUTERS/Bazuki Muhammad (MALAYSIA - Tags: BUSINESS) 

New president and chief executive officer of Malaysia's Maybank, Abdul Farid Alias, smiles as he speaks during a news conference at its headquarters in Kuala Lumpur August 21, 2013. Malayan Banking Bhd (Maybank), Malaysia's biggest bank by assets, reported on Wednesday a 9 percent rise in quarterly net profit, helped by higher interest income and the sale of financial assets. REUTERS/Bazuki Muhammad (MALAYSIA - Tags: BUSINESS) 

New president and chief executive officer of Malaysia's Maybank, Abdul Farid Alias, speaks during a news conference at its headquarters in Kuala Lumpur August 21, 2013. Malayan Banking Bhd (Maybank), Malaysia's biggest bank by assets, reported on Wednesday a 9 percent rise in quarterly net profit, helped by higher interest income and the sale of financial assets. REUTERS/Bazuki Muhammad (MALAYSIA - Tags: BUSINESS) 

New president and chief executive officer of Malaysia's Maybank, Abdul Farid Alias, speaks during a news conference at its headquarters in Kuala Lumpur August 21, 2013. Malayan Banking Bhd (Maybank), Malaysia's biggest bank by assets, reported on Wednesday a 9 percent rise in quarterly net profit, helped by higher interest income and the sale of financial assets. REUTERS/Bazuki Muhammad (MALAYSIA - Tags: BUSINESS HEADSHOT) 

Bailey Bear, a Golden Labradoodle, sits in front of a picture of a cat during the first day of the Crufts Dog Show in Birmingham, central England March 7, 2013. REUTERS/Darren Staples (BRITAIN - Tags: ANIMALS SOCIETY) 

A girl walks past a poster featuring a cat during the Athens 21st International Cat Show January 27, 2013. REUTERS/John Kolesidis (GREECE - Tags: SOCIETY ANIMALS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

Australian soldiers take their positions during service for the victims of the Parit Sulong massacre in Parit Sulong, 220 km (137 miles) south of Kuala Lumpur February 14, 2012. The wounded at Parit Sulong, some 150 Australians and Indian troops, were estimated to have been captured 70 years ago by the Japanese during the Malayan Campaign and Battle for Singapore. REUTERS/Bazuki Muhammad (MALAYSIA - Tags: ANNIVERSARY MILITARY CONFLICT) 

Australia's World War II veterans, George Smith (C) of Pingelly, Western Australia and Peter Dimopoulos (R) of Jarrahdale, Western Australia, recite a prayer after laying a wreath for the victims of the Parit Sulong massacre in Parit Sulong, 220 km (137 miles) south of Kuala Lumpur February 14, 2012. The wounded at Parit Sulong, some 150 Australians and Indian troops, were estimated to have been captured 70 years ago by the Japanese during the Malayan Campaign and Battle for Singapore. REUTERS/Bazuki Muhammad (MALAYSIA - Tags: ANNIVERSARY MILITARY CONFLICT) 

Australian soldiers stand guard during the Commemoration of the Battle of Gemas at a memorial in Gemas, 170 km (106 miles) south of Kuala Lumpur February 14, 2012. The Battle of Gemas was the first major Australian battle of the Malayan Campaign, lasting two days 70 years ago starting from January 14, 1942. REUTERS/Bazuki Muhammad (MALAYSIA - Tags: ANNIVERSARY MILITARY CONFLICT) 

An Australian soldier stands guard at the Battle of Gemas Memorial during a commemoration of the battle in Gemas, 170 km (106 miles) south of Kuala Lumpur February 14, 2012. The Battle of Gemas was the first major Australian battle of the Malayan Campaign, lasting two days 70 years ago starting from January 14, 1942. REUTERS/Bazuki Muhammad (MALAYSIA - Tags: ANNIVERSARY MILITARY CONFLICT) 

Malaysian and Australian flags fly at half mast during the Commemoration of the Battle of Gemas at a memorial in Gemas 170 km (106 miles) south of Kuala Lumpur February 14, 2012. The Battle of Gemas was the first major Australian battle of the Malayan Campaign, lasting two days 70 years ago starting from January 14, 1942. REUTERS/Bazuki Muhammad (MALAYSIA - Tags: ANNIVERSARY MILITARY CONFLICT) 

Australian World War II veteran William Ennis (C) of Lindfield, New South Wales, who survived the Battle of Gemas, sits in silence during a commemoration of the battle at a memorial in Gemas, 170 km (106 miles) south of Kuala Lumpur February 14, 2012. The Battle of Gemas was the first major Australian battle of the Malayan Campaign, starting from January 14, 1942 and lasting two days. REUTERS/Bazuki Muhammad (MALAYSIA - Tags: ANNIVERSARY MILITARY CONFLICT) 

Australian World War II veteran Gordon Butler of Hunter's Hill, New South Wales, who survived the Battle of Gemas sits in silence during a commemoration of the battle at a memorial in Gemas 170 km (106 miles) south of Kuala Lumpur February 14, 2012. The Battle of Gemas was the first major Australian battle of the Malayan Campaign, starting from January 14, 1942 and lasting two days. REUTERS/Bazuki Muhammad (MALAYSIA - Tags: ANNIVERSARY MILITARY CONFLICT) 

Australian World War II veterans, William Ennis (L) and Gordon Butler who survived the Battle of Gemas, lay a wreath during a commemoration of the battle at a memorial in Gemas 170 km (106 miles) south of Kuala Lumpur February 14, 2012. The Battle of Gemas was the first major Australian battle of the Malayan Campaign, lasting two days from January 14, 1942. REUTERS/Bazuki Muhammad (MALAYSIA - Tags: ANNIVERSARY MILITARY CONFLICT) 

A Selkirk Rex looks out from its enclosure during the elite cat show in Moscow October 29, 2011. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin (RUSSIA - Tags: ANIMALS SOCIETY) 

A three-month old white-cheeked gibbon looks from inside a cage after Thai police arrested a citizen of the United Arab Emirates at Suvarnabhumi airport in Bangkok May 13, 2011. Thai police arrested a UAE citizen just after midnight today as he was preparing to fly first class from Bangkok to Dubai with various rare and endangered animals in his suitcases, which included four leopards, one Malayan sun bear, one white-cheeked gibbon, one black-tufted marmoset, an Asiatic black bear and two macaque monkeys. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj (THAILAND - Tags: CRIME LAW ANIMALS IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

A three-month old Malayan sun bear looks from inside a cage after Thai police arrested a citizen of the United Arab Emirates at Suvarnabhumi airport in Bangkok May 13, 2011. Thai police arrested a UAE citizen just after midnight today as he was preparing to fly first class from Bangkok to Dubai with various rare and endangered animals in his suitcases, which included four leopards, one Malayan sun bear, one white-cheeked gibbon, one black-tufted marmoset, an Asiatic black bear and two macaque monkeys. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj (THAILAND - Tags: CRIME LAW ANIMALS IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

A two-month-old leopard cub looks from inside a cage after Thai police arrested a citizen of the United Arab Emirates at Suvarnabhumi airport in Bangkok May 13, 2011. Thai police arrested a UAE citizen just after midnight today as he was preparing to fly first class from Bangkok to Dubai with various rare and endangered animals in his suitcases, which included four leopards, one Malayan sun bear, one white-cheeked gibbon, one black-tufted marmoset, an Asiatic black bear and two macaque monkeys. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj (THAILAND - Tags: CRIME LAW ANIMALS) 

A black-tufted marmoset looks from inside a cage after Thai police arrested a citizen of the United Arab Emirates at Suvarnabhumi airport in Bangkok May 13, 2011. Thai police arrested a UAE citizen just after midnight today as he was preparing to fly first class from Bangkok to Dubai with various rare and endangered animals in his suitcases, which included four leopards, one Malayan sun bear, one white-cheeked gibbon, one black-tufted marmoset, an Asiatic black bear and two macaque monkeys. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj (THAILAND - Tags: CRIME LAW ANIMALS) 

Four two-month-old leopard cubs look from inside a cage after Thai police arrested a citizen of the United Arab Emirates at Suvarnabhumi airport in Bangkok May 13, 2011. Thai police arrested a UAE citizen just after midnight today as he was preparing to fly first class from Bangkok to Dubai with various rare and endangered animals in his suitcases, which included four leopards, one Malayan sun bear, one white-cheeked gibbon, one black-tufted marmoset, an Asiatic black bear and two macaque monkeys. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj (THAILAND - Tags: CRIME LAW ANIMALS IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

A two-month-old leopard cub looks from inside a cage after Thai police arrested a citizen of the United Arab Emirates at Suvarnabhumi airport in Bangkok May 13, 2011. Thai police arrested a UAE citizen just after midnight today as he was preparing to fly first class from Bangkok to Dubai with various rare and endangered animals in his suitcases, which included four leopards, one Malayan sun bear, one white-cheeked gibbon, one black-tufted marmoset, an Asiatic black bear and two macaque monkeys. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj (THAILAND - Tags: CRIME LAW ANIMALS IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

A Malayan sun bear looks from inside a cage after Thai police arrested a citizen of the United Arab Emirates at Suvarnabhumi airport in Bangkok May 13, 2011. Thai police arrested a UAE citizen just after midnight today as he was preparing to fly first class from Bangkok to Dubai with various rare and endangered animals in his suitcases, which included four leopards, one Malayan sun bear, one white-cheeked gibbon, one black-tufted marmoset, an Asiatic black bear and two macaque monkeys. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj (THAILAND - Tags: CRIME LAW ANIMALS) 

A black-tufted marmoset looks from inside a cage after Thai police arrested a citizen of the United Arab Emirates at Suvarnabhumi airport in Bangkok May 13, 2011. Thai police arrested a UAE citizen just after midnight today as he was preparing to fly first class from Bangkok to Dubai with various rare and endangered animals in his suitcases, which included four leopards, one Malayan sun bear, one white-cheeked gibbon, one black-tufted marmoset, an Asiatic black bear and two macaque monkeys. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj (THAILAND - Tags: CRIME LAW ANIMALS) 

A two-month old leopard cub looks from inside a cage after Thai police arrested a citizen of the United Arab Emirates at Suvarnabhumi airport in Bangkok May 13, 2011. Thai police arrested a UAE citizen just after midnight today as he was preparing to fly first class from Bangkok to Dubai with various rare and endangered animals in his suitcases, which included four leopards, one Malayan sun bear, one white-cheeked gibbon, one black-tufted marmoset, an Asiatic black bear and two macaque monkeys. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj (THAILAND - Tags: CRIME LAW ANIMALS) 

A three-month old whitecheeked gibbon looks from inside a cage after Thai police arrested a citizen of the United Arab Emirates at Suvarnabhumi airport in Bangkok May 13, 2011. Thai police arrested a UAE citizen just after midnight today as he was preparing to fly first class from Bangkok to Dubai with various rare and endangered animals in his suitcases, which included four leopards, one Malayan sun bear, one white-cheeked gibbon, one black-tufted marmoset, an Asiatic black bear and two macaque monkeys. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj (THAILAND - Tags: CRIME LAW ANIMALS IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

Customers leave a branch of Malaysia's Maybank in Putrajaya October 9, 2009. The Malaysia's largest lender Malayan Banking Bhd (Maybank) was not teaming up with Pakistan's Nishat group to buy banking assets in the Middle East and Indonesia, a top Maybank official said on Friday. REUTERS/Bazuki Muhammad (MALAYSIA BUSINESS) 

Abdul Wahid Omar, Chief Excutive Officer of Malayan Banking Bhd, speaks during a news conference in Kuala Lumpur February 27, 2009. Malaysia's biggest lender, Malayan Banking Bhd, will issue right shares worth 6 billion ringgit ($1.62 billion), it said on Friday, after reporting a slight increase in second-quarter net profit. REUTERS/Zainal Abd Halim (MALAYSIA) 

Abdul Wahid Omar, Chief Excutive Officer of Malayan Banking Bhd, speaks during a news conference in Kuala Lumpur February 27, 2009. Malaysia's biggest lender, Malayan Banking Bhd, will issue right shares worth 6 billion ringgit ($1.62 billion), it said on Friday, after reporting a slight increase in second-quarter net profit. REUTERS/Zainal Abd Halim (MALAYSIA) 

Smaigel the cat nurses her kittens and four puppies at her owner Mohammad Al-Hamoury's house in Amman February 26, 2009. Smaigel is parenting the puppies whose mother died in a car accident. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed (JORDAN) 

A labourer pulls a cart in front of the Muslim Commercial Bank (MCB) building in Karachi May 5, 2008. Malaysia's top lender Malayan Banking has bought a 15 percent stake in Pakistan's largest listed lender MCB Bank for $680 million, betting on a bright economic future despite its recent political turbulence. REUTERS/Zahid Hussein (PAKISTAN) 

A man leaves a Maybank branch in Kuala Lumpur May 5, 2008. Malaysia's top lender Malayan Banking has bought a 15 percent stake in Pakistan's largest listed lender MCB Bank for $680 million, betting on a bright economic future despite its recent political turbulence. REUTERS/Bazuki Muhammad (MALAYSIA) 

Pedestrians are seen in front of Malaysia's Maybank Tower in Kuala Lumpur May 5, 2008. Malaysia's top lender Malayan Banking has bought a 15 percent stake in Pakistan's largest listed lender MCB Bank for $680 million, betting on a bright economic future despite its recent political turbulence. REUTERS/Bazuki Muhammad (MALAYSIA) 

Acting chief executive of Malaysia's Malayan Banking Bhd (Maybank), Aminuddin Mohamad Desa, speaks during a news conference in Kuala Lumpur March 26, 2008. Malaysia's biggest lender, Malayan Banking Bhd , is paying 510 rupiah ($0.05) per share for Bank Internasional Indonesia (BII), a senior company official said during a briefing on the transaction on Wednesday. REUTERS/Bazuki Muhammad (MALAYSIA) 

Acting chief executive of Malaysia's Malayan Banking Bhd (Maybank), Aminuddin Mohamad Desa (L) and its chairman Mohamed Basir Ahmad share a light moment during a news conference in Kuala Lumpur March 26, 2008. Malaysia's biggest lender, Malayan Banking Bhd , is paying 510 rupiah ($0.05) per share for Bank Internasional Indonesia (BII), a senior company official said during a briefing on the transaction on Wednesday. REUTERS/Bazuki Muhammad (MALAYSIA) 

Acting chief executive of Malaysia's Malayan Banking Bhd (Maybank), Aminuddin Mohamad Desa, speaks during a news conference in Kuala Lumpur March 26, 2008. Malaysia's biggest lender, Malayan Banking Bhd , is paying 510 rupiah ($0.05) per share for Bank Internasional Indonesia (BII), a senior company official said during a briefing on the transaction on Wednesday. REUTERS/Bazuki Muhammad (MALAYSIA) 

Malaysia's Malayan Banking Bhd (Maybank) chairman Mohamed Basir Ahmad speaks during a news conference in Kuala Lumpur March 26, 2008. Malaysia's biggest lender, Malayan Banking Bhd, is paying 510 rupiah ($0.05) per share for Bank Internasional Indonesia (BII), a senior company official said during a briefing on the transaction on Wednesday. REUTERS/Bazuki Muhammad (MALAYSIA) 

Malaysia's Malayan Banking Bhd (Maybank) chairman Mohamed Basir Ahmad (R) and its acting chief executive Aminuddin Mohamad Desa share a light moment during a news conference in Kuala Lumpur March 26, 2008. Malaysia's biggest lender, Malayan Banking Bhd, is paying 510 rupiah ($0.05) per share for Bank Internasional Indonesia (BII), a senior company official said during a briefing on the transaction on Wednesday. REUTERS/Bazuki Muhammad (MALAYSIA) 

Malaysia's Malayan Banking Bhd (Maybank) chairman Mohamed Basir Ahmad (R) speaks as its acting chief executive Aminuddin Mohamad Desa looks on during a news conference in Kuala Lumpur March 26, 2008. Malaysia's biggest lender, Malayan Banking Bhd, is paying 510 rupiah per share for Bank Internasional Indonesia (BII), a senior company official said during a briefing on the transaction on Wednesday. REUTERS/Bazuki Muhammad (MALAYSIA) 

A cat meows during the International Cat Show in Minsk, December 8, 2007. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko (BELARUS) 

Cats huddle together for warmth as the temperature plummets to zero degrees Celsius in Skopje November 22,2007. REUTERS/Ognen Teofilovski (MACEDONIA) 

A Burmese cat named 'Doogal' sits on a toilet in Sydney May 3, 2005. Doogal's owner, Australian woman Jo Lapidge, invented a toilet training system for cats called the "Litter-Kwitter". Lapidge said she was inspired by the cat "Mr Jinks" in the Hollywood film "Meet the Fockers", and invented the toilet training system after teaching 'Doogal' how to use the loo. REUTERS/HO ODLY PP05090229 ODLY DG/MSF 

Malayan Banking Bhd (Maybank) customers use the ATM machine at its head
office in Kuala Lumpur August 25, 2003. Maybank, Malaysia's biggest lender,
said on Monday its quarterly net profit jumped 92 percent helped by a lower
tax bill and an improving economy that allowed the bank to cut bad debt
provisions. REUTERS/Zainal Abd Halim

ZH/RCS 

Malayan Banking Bhd (Maybank) President and CEO Amirsham Aziz gestures during an interview at his office in Kuala Lumpur July 24, 2003. Malaysia's leading lender, Maybank aims to keep its top spot in a looming round of local mergers, with organic growth playing a big part in keeping it ahead, Amrisham said on Thursday. 

Malayan Banking Bhd (Maybank) customers use the ATM machine at its head
office in Kuala Lumpur July 24, 2003. Malaysia's leading lender, Maybank
aims to keep its top spot in a looming round of local mergers, with organic
growth playing a big part in keeping it ahead, its President and CEO
Amrisham Aziz said on Thursday. REUTERS/Zainal Abd Halim

ZH/PB 

Malayan Banking Bhd (Maybank) President and CEO Amirsham Aziz gestures
during an interview at his office in Kuala Lumpur July 24, 2003.
Malaysia's leading lender, Maybank aims to keep its top spot in a
looming round of local mergers, with organic growth playing a big part
in keeping it ahead, Amrisham said on Thursday. REUTERS/Zainal Abd
Halim

ZH/PB 

Posi, a seven-month-old Persian cat for sale for 3,500 yuan (US$420), sits
at the Pet Expo 2003 in Shanghai July 20, 2003. Pet ownership, once banned
and labelled as too bourgeois for the common man during the Cultural
Revolution, is once again gaining popularity in China as the population
becomes more affluent thanks to more than a decade of growth and
liberalization. REUTERS/Claro Cortes IV

CC/TW 

A worker cleans up the window of Malaysia's Malayan Banking Bhd (Maybank) while customers withdrawa cash in Kuala Lumpur August 29, 2000. Maybank, the country's largest financial institution, on Monday reported a 40.3 percent jump in 1999/00 net profit, thanks to a pickup in loans and a resurgent economy.

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Malayan Banking customers withdraw money from an automatic teller machine (ATM) in Kuala Lumpur January 23. Mating fever is sweeping Malaysia's banking sector ahead of a January 31 deadline for new alliances in the nation's merger programme.

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Pedestrians walk under Maybank's signage in Kuala Lumpur September 7. Malaysia's largest bank, Malayan Banking Berhad (Maybank), could surprise investors this week with higher-than-expected earnings for its latest financial year. Maybank releases its results for the 1998/99 (July-June) financial year on Wednesday.

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