AMSTERDAM - PT Bank Negara Indonesia (Persero) Tbk (BNI) through the representative office (RO) in Amsterdam, the Netherlands is here to find financial solutions for diaspora who want to develop their business.
BNI's Human Capital & Compliance Director, Mucharom said Europe has a very high potential for Indonesia's diaspora business. Especially in the Netherlands itself, the potential is 10 percent of the country's total population.
"The BNI Representative Office in Amsterdam is here to provide comprehensive assistance to diaspora," he said when met at BNI Amsterdam, Netherlands, written on Saturday, May 18.
Currently, continued Mucharom, BNI in Amsterdam is actively distributing Diaspora Loans which focuses on targeting diaspora that open businesses abroad. He also hopes that in the future it will be further improved.
Furthermore, Mucharom explained that the BNI Diaspora Loan debtor in the Netherlands was dominated by Indonesia's culinary business.
"Well, during operation from 2022, this year what we see is the first potential that we see is food. So the profile of our customers, debtors for the last two years today are more related to food," he said.
For example, continued Mucharom, the Padang Lapek Jo Warung, to the Miss Sweet Restaurant. Mucharom explained that all these restaurants served Indonesian cuisine in the mill country.
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"For example, we support the diaspora loan for Padang restaurants in The Hague, Lapek Jo, then we also support the restaurant again at Miss Sweet Restaurant, there is also Lestari Restaurant," he explained.
Not stopping there, Mucharom also said that BNI integrated the Diaspora Loan with the Xpora program to make it easier for restaurants to get raw materials and a side menu from Indonesia.
One of Xpora's partners in the Netherlands, namely Nesia Food, is an importer of various foodstuffs from Indonesia, including from BNI MSME debtors. Nesia Food has become a supplier of sugar, kitchen spices, frozen vegetables, to various kinds of crackers from BNI debtor restaurants," he said.
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