Increasing Inclusiveness Of Financial Services And Couriers, Bank Mandiri And Pos Indonesia Inaugurate Cross Agency Cooperation

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JAKARTA - PT Bank Mandiri Tbk has agreed to cooperate with Pos Indonesia to boost the Indonesian economy, especially for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs). This is realized through the inauguration of a cross-agency business cooperation model between Mandiri Agen which is a business partner of Bank Mandiri and the Postal Agent, a business partner of Pos Indonesia, as an effort to increase the inclusiveness of financial services and courier services.

The inauguration of this cross agency collaboration was marked by the signing of a cooperation charter by SEVP Micro & Consumer Finance of Bank Mandiri, Josephus K. Triprakoso and Director of Courier & Logistics Business of Pos Indonesia, Siti Choiriana in Yogyakarta, Thursday 5 May.

SEVP Micro & Consumer Finance Bank Mandiri, Josephus K. Triprakoso said this collaboration is a form of synergy and collaboration between SOEs. Where to synergize with each other in order to have a greater impact on national economic growth.

"Bank Mandiri is currently supported by more than 100,000 Mandiri Agent networks spread throughout Indonesia and is ready to provide various financial services to the public. Likewise, Pos Indonesia has a network of representative Post office services and Postal Agents throughout Indonesia. With this collaboration, there is the potential for the agent service network to grow together," said Josephus in his official statement.

He is optimistic that this synergy can provide added value and convenience for business partners of Bank Mandiri and Pos Indonesia to develop their business. On the other hand, as an effort to increase and equalize public access to financial service products and courier services in Indonesia. "This collaboration is very beneficial for various parties, especially for Mandiri Agents and Postal Agents, where Mandiri Agents who provide financial services such as account opening and cash deposit withdrawal transactions can later become Postal Agents who provide courier services such as package delivery both domestically and internationally. international and vice versa. Of course, this can increase the income of agents and help develop their businesses,” he said.

The collaboration between the two SOEs is in the form of utilizing each agent's network to provide financial services and inclusive courier services. Then collaboration to improve the operational convenience of agents and consumers in accessing financial services and courier services as well as product package collaboration (product bundling) in the context of community empowerment, especially MSMEs.

Director of Courier and Logistics Business of PT Pos Indonesia (Persero) Siti Choiriana said the collaboration between Pos Indonesia and Bank Mandiri was in line with the spirit of synergy between SOEs currently being built by the government, especially in providing a greater impact on the national economy.

This is also in line with the business transformation that is being carried out by PT Pos Indonesia. According to the company, this collaboration is concrete evidence of Pos Indonesia's support for MSME players, in an effort to increase and equalize public access to financial and courier service products.

"Through this collaboration, the cross agent network of the two SOEs will be wider and more massive. On the other hand, public access to financial and courier services is getting easier. Of course, this will make it easier for the community, especially MSME players, to be more advanced and develop," he explained.

He explained that this collaboration would expand the inclusion of financial and courier services. This cross agent offers a one stop service, where the Cross Agent will be able to serve banking transactions as well as carry out courier and logistics activities.

Meanwhile, PT Pos Indonesia currently has a network of more than 4,800 offices, 8,891 Postal Agents, and tens of thousands of agents connected to various Pos Indonesia services. Pos Indonesia also has coverage to hundreds of countries in the world.