Purbaya Banks Credit Obligations For Red Plate Bank Employees

The Minister of Finance of the Republic of Indonesia, Purbaya Yudhi Sadive. (Photo: Doc. Antara)

JAKARTA - Minister of Finance Purbaya Yudhi Sadive responded to the issue of the obligation for bank employees of the Association of State-Owned Banks (Himbara) to take credit. The news emerged after the government placed a number of funds in these banks, which allegedly made the absorption of funds even more difficult.

Purbaya said that he had not received any information regarding this obligation. However, he believes that it is impossible for all bank employees to absorb these funds, so that in the end it is the community who will use them.

"If the money is quite large, not all of the bank employees can cry. Finally, it will enter the economic system again," said Purbaya at Seal Point Terminal 3 of the Tanjung Priok Port Container, Friday, December 12.

According to him, by increasing liquidity in the financial market so that the funds can be used by the community so that they can encourage the economy.

"In fact, we want to pursue something like that, a strategy to increase liquidation in the system so that the money has to enter the economy, into the community. We are currently implementing it again," he explained.

For information, the total government funds that have been placed in banks reached Rp276 trillion, namely the initial placement of Rp200 trillion in five state-owned banks since 12 September 2025 for Bank Mandiri, BRI, and BNI each receiving Rp55 trillion, BTN Rp25 trillion, and Bank Syariah Indonesia (BSI) Rp10 trillion.

Next, the placement of continued funds will be carried out on November 10, 2025, worth IDR 76 trillion, which is distributed to Mandiri, BNI, and BRI, each IDR 25 trillion, and for the first time Bank Jakarta has received IDR 1 trillion.