Simpeda Savings Draw Successfully Held, Here's The Winner List

JAKARTA - The Asociation of Regional Development Banks (Asbanda) and North Sumatra Bank held a withdrawal of the 2nd period of Simpeda Savings National Draw for XXXIV-2024.

Titled Rezeki In Harmony, the draw for the Simpeda Savings National Draw was attended by the Regional Secretary of North Sumatra Province (North Sumatra) Arief Sudarto Trinugroho, General Chair Yuddy Renaldi, President Director of Bank Sumut Babay Parid Wazdi, and the ranks of Regional Apparatus Organizations (OPD) of North Sumatra Province.

Babay Parid Wazdi said the series of Simpeda savings lottery this year began with a welcoming dinner of BPD directors throughout Indonesia on April 23, 2024.

A day later, the National BPD Seminar throughout Indonesia was held entitled The Role of Financial Digitization in Supporting Regional Economic Growth.

"It was a little nervous on the first day because of the rain, but Alhamdulillah finally went smoothly. There were also trips to Lake Toba and Samosir Island," Babay said in a written statement, Thursday,

Regarding the Simpeda savings lottery, said Babay, the lottery for Simpeda Savings for the 2nd Period of XXXIV-2024 has a total prize of IDR 3 billion.

The number of Simpeda savings savers is around 8.3 million customers throughout Indonesia.

"In terms of balance, the cans do not reach Rp72 trillion. Meanwhile, BPD's total assets are almost 1,000 trillion," explained Babay.

On the same occasion, Yuddy Renaldi added, Simpeda savings on his way continued to develop.

This is reflected in the increasing fund. Until the end of December 2023, Simpeda savings customers recorded 8.32 million customers.

The amount of Simpeda savings balance is IDR 72.54 trillion.

"When compared to the previous Simpeda savings lottery period in Padang in 2023, there was an increase in the number of accounts (NOA) by 446,927 customers, an increase of 5.68 percent, while the number of balances increased by Rp2.36 trillion, an increase of 3.36 percent," Yuddy explained.

He continued, the number of BPDs that collect the most Simpeda savings funds is currently still 'handled' by Bank Jatim.

It was recorded that until December 2023, the amount of funds raised at Bank Jatim was IDR 16.54 trillion or 28.8 percent of the national Simpeda savings.

Meanwhile, Arief Sudarto said, the momentum of the Simpeda Savings Draw which was attended by all BPDs in Indonesia must be used as an opportunity to share knowledge and experience with each other.

"Of course, we can also explore collaboration opportunities in the development of digital financial service innovation products, amidst the intense competition between BPD and domestic and foreign financial institutions," he said.

In the midst of the competition, Arief said, his party as a Shareholder of Bank Sumut Controlling appreciates the company's performance, because it is still able to increase assets every year and continues to contribute to increasing Regional Original Revenue (PAD).

"Including Bank Sumut, in 2023 Bank Sumut will be able to record a net profit of IDR 740 billion, growing 5.62 percent yaer on year compared to 2022, of which 80 percent of these profits are recorded as dividends," he said.

Despite scoring a positive performance, Arief reminded all BPD not to be complacent.

The reason is, banking competition is getting tighter, especially in the digital era. All banks compete to serve customers through digital financial services.

"This urges BPD to carry out transformation. We observe that BPD continues to carry out transformation by building a digital ecosystem through collaborative strategies with various providers and fintech business entities. We should give positive appreciation, especially for Bank Sumut," he said.