Sharia Economy Grows Very Fast, Ma'ruf Amin: Needs To Be Accompanied By An Increase In Literacy

Vice President Ma'ruf Amin (Photo: Doc. Antara)

JAKARTA - Vice President of the Republic of Indonesia Ma'Ruf Amin said that the development of the sharia economy in the country is very fast. This is supported by the condition of Indonesia as one of the countries with the highest number of Muslim populations in the world.

Launching from data submitted by the Ministry of Finance in May 2023, Indonesia has around 86.7 percent or 237 million people and the highest number of Islamic financial institutions in the world. This makes the Sharia Economy a comparative advantage owned by Indonesia.

This very fast development of the sharia economy, said Ma'ruf, also needs to be accompanied by an increase in literacy about sharia economics. The goal is that public knowledge also increases.

"Currently, the development of the sharia economy is growing very fast, this needs to be accompanied by an increase in literacy to strengthen public knowledge of the sharia economy," said Ma Ruf Amin in his speech video at the Sharia Economic Seminar event held by PT Pos Indonesia (Persero), in Jakarta, Wednesday, August 23.

Ma'ruf also appreciated the steps taken by PT Pos Indonesia (Persero) in synergy with the Commodity Exchange (digital gold trading) in order to strengthen the development of the sharia economy digital ecosystem through Pospay Gold.

Furthermore, Ma'ruf said Pospay Gold provides benefits for the community to trade gold physically digitally in the commodity physical exchange, through the JFXGOLD X platform.

"Jakarta Futures Bursa to cover the value (heading), price disclosure, and alternative physical gold transactions The community can start from small lots worth 0.01 grams, so that it can build a massive ecosystem," he said.

For your information, through this Sharia Economic seminar, PT Pos Indonesia (Persero) officially strengthens the digital ecosystem of the sharia economy which is massive and will be the main indicator of the success of sharia economic development in Indonesia.

PT Pos Indonesia as the world's first postal service company that has developed and has a commodity physical trading system service in real time and direct market access is proud to release Pospay Gold.

The physical gold transaction at Pospay Gold uses a physically gold standard London Bullion Market Association with a purity level of 999.9, physically gold is stored well in an regulated custodian warehouse and is in an excise-supervised area. The gold physique at Pospay Gold can be transacted starting from 0.01 grams or equivalent to Rp. 10,000.