JAKARTA Economist and Research Director of the Center of Reform on Economics (CORE) Indonesia, Piter Abdullah opened his voice about a hoax video asking customers to withdraw their savings from Bank BRI.

Piter Abdullah revealed that national banking is still a very safe place to save money. The reason is, banking is a financial institution that is closely monitored by regulators. The public is said to have no need to worry and must continue to believe in the performance of national banking.

"Saving money in a bank is very safe. In fact, compared to gold, deposits in a bank are more liquid, they can be used for shopping with a debit card. Banks are very closely monitored financial institutions," he said, Monday, May 6.

On the other hand, he continued, customers must still be careful and ensure that banks that have been guaranteed by the Deposit Insurance Corporation (LPS), an independent institution formed with the aim of increasing customer or public trust in banks.

That way, the balance of progress and national economic unity can be maintained by banks.

For the value of the deposit, which is guaranteed for every customer at one bank the maximum is a balance of IDR 2 billion.

If the deposit exceeds IDR 2 billion, it will be completed by the liquidation team based on bank wealth liquidation.

Conventional bank customer deposits guaranteed by LPS are in the form of: savings, deposits, giro, deposit certificates, and other forms.

Previously, social media accounts (Instagram, Tiktok, Facebook) Rama News (@ramanews) on April 23, 2024 uploaded a video taken from the TikTok widia_political observer account.

The account disseminates heretical information with the narrative of the incident of BRI customers who lost money is the effect of elections that require money for social assistance attacks. S

In addition, the uploader also invited the public to withdraw the money that was at BRI and keep it to themselves.

Regarding the recent circulation of hoax videos of customer money on social media, BRI Corporate Secretary Agustya Hendy Bernadi appealed to the public to be able to take advantage of social media positively and not easily consumed by information that has not been confirmed.

BRI also continues to urge and provide education to customers, as well as the public to be able to transact safely and comfortably. This cannot be separated from the existence of various modes of online fraud or social engineering," he added.

One of the things that is rampant is the mode of fraud through a request to open a APB-formed wedding invitation file on WhatsApp (WA).

BRI appealed to customers to be more careful and not to download or access unofficial applications.

Customers are also asked to maintain the confidentiality of personal data and banking data to others and parties on behalf of BRI, including providing personal data and banking data information (account numbers, card numbers, PIN, users, passwords, OTP) through channels, links or sites with unclear sources. correct.


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