Pushing Xplora, BNI Collaborates With Inacraft To Encourage MSMEs Worldwide

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JAKARTA - PT Bank Negara Indonesia (Persero) Tbk or BNI continues to encourage MSME players to advance class and penetrate the global market through the Xpora program.

By taking advantage of the momentum of the Inacraft 2022 event, BNI has involved players from the Xpora program to showcase their best products in the biggest craft exhibition in Indonesia.

With this exhibition, micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) have the opportunity to get market expansion so that they can continue to respond to the potential for positive performance growth. Inacraft was officially opened on Wednesday, March 23, 2022 and will end on Sunday, March 27, 2022.

"We hope that Inacraft's momentum can be an accelerator for improving the performance of MSME players in line with the COVID-19 pandemic which has begun to subside," said BNI President Director Royke Tumilaar in a statement received by VOI, Thursday, March 24.

Through this event, he continued, BNI wants to invite MSMEs to be able to develop and jump higher through the Xpora program. SMEs participating in the exhibition have followed a strict curation process so that they are able to display quality products and target the upper middle class community.

"In addition to foreign markets, of course, large public consumption is also a potential target market for our Xpora partners," he said.

BNI also provides Xpora HUB to serve MSMEs or tenants who want to get consulting on going global business development. Through Xpora, BNI is proactive in bringing together MSMEs and opening market access by business matching for foreign business actors.

Physically, Xpora Hub has been in 7 locations such as Jakarta, Bandung, and Solo. Xpora's credit distribution as of the end of 2021 had reached Rp2.49 trillion, and continued to grow positively at the beginning of this year.

Some of the UMKM players invited by BNI to showcase their products at Inacraft 2022 include Oscar Lawalata Culture, Batiksoul Guitar, Kourosh Pearl Lombok, Borneo Queen, Batik Lasem Cooperative, Saung Batik Wdrupadi, Ghazi Leather, Tais Belu, Jeryn Tenun Collection, Sumba Ikat Weaving. Timur, Warior Shoes, Nokha Shoes, Tunggak Semi, Purunik, Debough Indonesia, Cemara Ceramics, and Indonesian Porcelain Nuances.

For visitors to Inacraft 2022, BNI has prepared several interesting programs, both online inacraft at Tokopedia and offline inacraft at the Jakarta Convention Center. At Tokopedia, BNI offers discounts of up to IDR 250,000 for Credit Card, Debit Card and Emerald Debit Card users. In addition, BNI customers can also enjoy a 0 percent installment promo for up to 24 months and save 50 percent with BNI Rewards Points.