DKI Provincial Government Records Nominal Jakarta Student Savings Savings Reaches IDR 93 Billion

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JAKARTA - DKI Provincial Government through Bank DKI recorded student savings in Jakarta, in the Student Savings product and Bank DKI Student Monas savings with a nominal savings of more than Rp93 billion.

"As of August 22, 2022, there are more than 819,000 students who have the Simpel savings product and Bank DKI Monas Pelajar savings with nominal deposits of more than Rp. 93 billion," said Corporate Secretary of Bank DKI, Herry Djufraini in his statement, Tuesday, 23 August.

Herry said that his party participated in the Student Savings Savings program managed by the Financial Services Authority which was available in conventional and Sharia schemes under the product name Tabungan Simpel iB.

As is known, the Financial Services Authority (OJK) together with the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology (Kemendikbud Ristek), the Ministry of Religion (Kemenag), and the banking industry encourage the improvement of financial literacy and inclusion for students through the implementation of a series of KEJAR Achievements for Indonesian Children or Creations. .

In addition to Simpel savings which is intended for students, Bank DKI also has a Monas Plan savings account which is intended for customers to save in a disciplined manner every month in a fixed amount for a certain period of time.

* The benefits are numerous, ranging from interest rates above the regular savings interest rate, free of administration fees, lightweight auto-debit monthly deposits starting from Rp. 100,000 and can be used for education expenses, vacations, tax payments, weddings, and other needs," explained Herry. .

"This is Bank DKI's commitment to encourage a culture of saving from an early age as well as a form of implementing financial literacy and inclusion," he continued.

Herry said that the bank owned by the DKI Provincial Government is also the bank that distributes the Jakarta Smart Card and the Jakarta Superior Student Card.

Then, continued Herry, Bank DKI is also trusted to be the manager of school operational assistance funds and educational operational assistance

"Where, Bank DKI together with the Education Office have built an Education Accountability Information System for School Operational Assistance - Education Operational Assistance (SIAP BOS BOP) based on a cash management system (CMS) as a form of increasing accountability for financial management in the education sector in DKI Jakarta," he added.