BSI Customers Increase 6 Million Post-Merger, Deputy Minister Of SOEs: World's Largest Sharia Bank

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JAKARTA - PT Bank Syariah Indonesia Tbk or BSI has succeeded in becoming a sharia bank with the most customers in the world. Meanwhile in Indonesia, BSI occupies the fifth position.

Deputy Minister of State-Owned Enterprises (BUMN) Kartika Wirjoatmodjo said BSI has managed to collect more than 6 million customers since the merger in 2021. Currently, BSI is recorded to manage more than 20 million customers.

"BSI has served more than 20 million customers, an increase of more than 6 million since the merger," he said at the BSI International Expo 2024, at the Jakarta Convention Center, Thursday, June 20.

The man who is familiarly called Tiko said that BSI is also the bank with the fifth most customers in Indonesia. In fact, this score also named BSI as the Islamic bank with the most customers in the world.

"This figure makes BSI the fifth largest number of customers in Indonesia, and Islamic banks with the largest customers in the world," he said.

Furthermore, Tiko said, BSI is a bank with customer diversification ranging from micro-enterprises to corporations. This includes being an option for individuals or the retail segment.

"BSI always adheres to being an inclusive and modern Islamic bank. As well as serving all customer segments from the micro business segment, MSMEs, retail to corporations," he said.

Tiko said BSI also managed to enter the ranks of the Top 10 Global Islamic Bank in terms of market capital. This achievement was achieved in line with the soaring share price of issuers, which succeeded in pushing the company's market cap at its peak on March 13, 2024, which reached IDR 131.47 trillion.

Furthermore, Tiko also said that the merger or merger of Bank Syariah Indonesia on February 1, 2021 was a tangible manifestation of the transformation carried out by the Ministry of SOEs.

"In terms of financial performance, BSI is the only Sharia Bank in the ranks of the Top 10 Bank Indonesia with the fifth ranking position in Indonesia with total assets reaching IDR 353.4 trillion and net profit in 2023 reaching IDR 5.7 trillion," he explained.