COVID-19 Cases Soar High, BCA Bank Owned By Hartono Brothers Conglomerate Closes Several Branch Offices In Jabodetabek

BCA Building. (Angga Nugraha/VOI)

JAKARTA - PT Bank Central Asia Tbk or BCA temporarily closed a number of branch offices in the Jakarta, Bogor, Depok, Tangerang, and Bekasi (Jabodetabek) areas. This follows the surge in positive cases of COVID-19 that occurred over the past few days.

Executive Vice President of the Secretariat and Corporate Communications Division of BCA Hera F Haryn said, "BCA is always committed to prioritizing the health, safety, and comfort of its employees, customers, work partners, and the community in the midst of the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak".

"In connection with the increase in positive cases of COVID-19 in several regions in Indonesia and the Micro-scale Community Activity Restrictions (PPKM) policy, as a step to overcome the COVID-19 pandemic, BCA expresses full support for the policies of the Central Government and Regional Governments, Regulators, and Banking Authorities in order to break the chain of the COVID-19 pandemic", said Hera in a written statement, Tuesday, June 29.

The bank belonging to the Hartono Brothers conglomerate also, said Hera, made adjustments to the operational policies of the Branch Office. Starting Monday, June 28, 2021, the bank codenamed BBCA has closed some branch offices in Jabodetabek while still prioritizing customers who need branch office services.

"In addition, we also implement a policy of branch office hours in several regions in Indonesia that are adapted to the region and current conditions. Branch offices outside Jakarta will adjust the local PPKM policy", explained Hera.

In addition, BCA will also adjust the dynamics of the rules set by the government and authorities by taking into account the developments of the latest pandemic conditions.