BRI Provides Banking Services For The Archipelago Capital Authority

BRI (Photo: dock. Antara)

JAKARTA - PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia (Persero) Tbk or BRI provides banking services to support the success of moving the State Capital.

This was marked by the signing of a memorandum of understanding carried out by BRI's Director of Wholesale and Institutional Business Agus Noorsanto and OIKN Secretary Achmad Jaka Santos Adiwijaya in Jakarta on Tuesday 27 February.

Agus Noorsanto said that his party is ready to provide the best service supported by the largest BRI network and spread throughout Indonesia.

"We are confident that the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding today will provide a more mutually beneficial added value to OIKN," he said in a statement to the media, Wednesday, February 28.

This synergy, he continued, is expected to make it easier for ASN OIKN to obtain information technology-based banking services, such as payroll management, performance allowances, employee loans, mortgages, Credit Cards and so on.

The service is supported by BRI digitization, including BRImo, Digital Saving BRI, BRIspot and BRIguna Digital, QRIS, BRI Credit Card Mobile, and so on. In addition, for services at the Ministry/Institution level, BRI also has a Virtual Account (VA) Satker service as a replacement for Government Giro according to PMK 183, Government Credit Card (KKP), and QLola by BRI.

OIKN Secretary Achmad Jaka Santos Adiwijaya welcomed this synergy.

"We (the IKN Authority) hope that with the signing of this memorandum of understanding, it can strengthen the joint steps that have been taken with BRI and other steps in the future," said Jaka.

Jaka said, with development that is still until 21 years away, the need to facilitate the emergence of new industries and entrepreneurs certainly needs to be met.

"Therefore, the presence of BRI helps with the development in the archipelago," he added.

In the future, BRI is ready to provide support and collaborate with OIKN in various government programs to achieve Indonesia's target as a developed country, according to the 2045 Indonesian Vision.

Agus Noorsanto believes that with the construction through a national identity, IKN will change the orientation of development to Indonesia-centric, as well as accelerate Indonesia's economic transformation.

As is known, in terms of BRI's performance is the bank with the largest profit in Indonesia. Until the end of December 2023, BRI managed to record assets of IDR 1,965.0 trillion or grew 5.3 percent year-on-year (yoy). The growth of these assets was also accompanied by a profit of IDR 60.4 trillion or grew 17.5 percent yoy.

Then BRI also has a network of workers spread throughout Indonesia with a total work units of more than 7,755 offices that are already real time on line, with the support of more than 12 thousand ATMs, 9,000 CRMs and more than 664 thousand EDCs, and 740 thousand AgentBRILinks spread throughout Indonesia.

BRI is also planned to take part in the 5th groundbreaking on February 29, March 1, 2024 in the Nusantara region. BRI will build the BRI International Microfinance Center for the capital city of Nusantara, where this building is a form of BRI's dedication, especially in supporting the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) sector.