BRI Boss Says Ultra Micro Holding Distributes Loans Of Up To IDR 611.2 Trillion

Minister of State-Owned Enterprises (BUMN) Erick Thohir together with BRI President Director Sunarso. (Mery Handayani/VOI)

JAKARTA - Credit disbursement to micro and ultra micro customers from Holding Ultra Micro BUMN reached IDR 611.2 trillion as of December 2023. From this portion, PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia (Persero) Tbk became the largest contributor with a value of IDR 496.6 trillion.

This was conveyed by the President Director of PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia (Persero) Tbk or BRI, Sunarso at the Celebration of 15 Million Ultra Micro Customers, at the Jakarta International Velodrome, Monday, February 12.

"Who is the perpetrator? PNM Rp47.1 trillion, Pegadaian Rp67.7 trillion, BRI Rp496.6 trillion, so the amount is Rp611.2 trillion," said Sunarso.

Furthermore, Sunarso explained specifically for the Mekaar program, lending to Mekaar customers has reached Rp244 trillion.

"The accumulation of lending to Mekaar women is already Rp244 trillion, that's only from PNM. Now I report outstanding-outstandment. That's from Rp244 that has been paid off, attracting again, paying off, going up again," explained Sunarso.

Meanwhile, the President Director of PT Permodalan Nasional Madani (PNM), Arief Mulyadi, said that so far there have been 15 million active customers of the Mekaar program. He said, this figure is part of 37 million Ultra Micro Holding customers.

"As of today, there are 15 million active customers of PNM Mekaar, part of 37 million Ultra Micro Holding customers," said Arief.

Arief said that in addition to channeling credit to mothers, PNM also continues to educate its customers to regularly save. That way, after obtaining credit, mothers can set aside their money to ensure the availability of funds if at any time needed for their business.

"If the balance and activities alone are Rp. 100,000 to Rp. 200,000, this has reached trillions. This is a stimulus for economic activity below," he said.