BRI Prepares IDR 36.7 Trillion In Cash Ahead Of The 2021 Eid Holidays

BRI illustration. (Photo: Doc. Antara)

JAKARTA - PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia Tbk. (BRI) is said to have prepared cash totaling Rp36.7 trillion to anticipate the need at the end of Ramadan and the momentum of Eid Al-Fitr 2021. This figure is known to have increased by 8 percent from the realized value for the same period 2020.

BRI Network and Service Director Arga M. Nugraha said the funds were distributed to the company's ATM network, CRM, and also the Operational Work Unit (UKO).

"The additional cash we are preparing this year is due to the increasing economic activity of the community. This number has also taken into account migration or a shift in the transaction patterns of BRI customers from cash transactions to digital transactions, ”he said Monday, April 3.

Arga added, the company urges customers to be able to transact cashless and perform various kinds of banking transactions digitally.

"Through virtual transactions, it can reduce the spread of the virus," he said.

On that occasion, Arga also informed that BRI will continue to carry out operational activities on 12 and 15 May 2021.

"BRI's limited services will be present in 184 offices, where the public can still open accounts, withdraw and deposit deposits, deposit loans, complaint handling and buy and sell bank notes," he said.

For information, BRI is the largest bank in Indonesia in terms of asset capitalization. This BUKU IV category financial services institution claims to have provided 16,558 ATM machine networks, 5,707 CRM machines, and 454,000 micro retail agents throughout Indonesia.

In terms of performance, the bank with the issuer code BBRI managed to achieve positive performance throughout 2020 with a consolidated net profit of IDR 18.65 trillion.

The income was supported by net interest income of Rp. 116 trillion. As for the total assets of BRI's assets as of the end of December were recorded at IDR 1,511.8 trillion, or an increase from the 2019 period with IDR 1,416 trillion.