Indonesia
Why LINE Bank chose Indonesia as its third home
Why LINE Bank chose Indonesia as its third home
After successful launches in Thailand and Taiwan, LINE is going steady in Indonesia.
Indonesia's PermataBank names new president director
Rusli has worked for international institutions, including Goldman Sachs and Accenture.
Deutsche Bank installs deposit machines at Toyota financing branches in Indonesia
The machines will transmit real-time data to the company.
Bank Raya offers instant bailout funds for faster small loan disbursements
Borrowers can access up to US$1,700 in loans.
OCBC NISP transforms its branch into a financial fitness gym
This is the bank’s way to instill the “FinanciallyFit first, CrazyRich later” mindset to the younger generation.
Indonesia secures US$150m sustainability-linked loan from ADB
Indonesia has an annual infrastructure financing gap of around US$51b.
BRI employs AI ‘brain’ to merge its digital and physical presence
BRIBrain has helped the bank reduce loan application times from 2 weeks to 2 minutes
Indonesia launches real-time payments infrastructure BI-FAST
Twenty banks are already live and have access to 24/7 real-time credit transfers.
Indonesia prohibits financial institutions from trading crypto
OJK clarified that supervision of crypto is under Babbepti and the Ministry of Trade.
Indonesia’s big four banks’ asset qualities remain under pressure in 2022
The banks’ credit costs are sighted to remain elevated.
Chart of the Week: Indonesia’s card payments market to grow 10.7% in 2022
Growth will be driven by the rise of debit card use.
UOB’s Indonesian digital bank arm launches buy now pay later services
TMRW Pay offers deferred payments with zero-interest for up to 90 days.
Standard Chartered partners with Kredivo to offer BNPL in Indonesia
Assets of fintech players in the country grew by more than IDR1t or by over $70m.
Indonesia’s Bank Raya, BRI unveil online loan facility for BRILink Agents
Agents can apply for the loan through the BRILink Mobile application.
Standard Chartered invests $500m in BNPL fintech Atome
The partnership is eyeing 16 million customers by 2025.
Indonesian fintech startup Komunal clinches $2.1m Series A funding
The company offers Neo-rural bank services locally.
Indonesia’s Bank Neo Commerce teams up with Qualtrics to improve digital banking experience
It will make use of Qualtrics services to personalize its banking journey.