BPK Check BTN Credit, Investment And Operations Management, This Is The Goal!

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JAKARTA - The Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) conducted an entry meeting to examine PT Bank Tabungan Negara (Persero) Tbk (BBTN) and other relevant agencies.

This was done by Member VII BPK or Head of State Financial Audit VII Hendra Susanto. The entry meeting was held to check compliance with the management of credit at the commercial segment, investment activities, operations in 2021 and 2022, calculation of interest subsidies for Home Ownership Loans (KPR), and down payment assistance subsidies in 2022.

"The purpose of this examination is to ensure that credit management of commercial segments, investment activities, and operations at BTN is in accordance with statutory regulations," Hendra said quoting between, Friday, February 24.

In addition, an examination of the management of investment and operational activities is carried out to ensure that BTN activities run efficiently and effectively in accordance with the principles of good corporate governance.

On that occasion, Member VII BPK revealed the change in the BPK examination strategy in 2022.

"According to the State Financial Audit Standard (SPKN) and Public Accounting Professional Standards (SPAP) in particular SA (Standar Audit) 610," he said, BPK can use the work of the Government Internal Supervisory Apparatus (APIP) and the internal supervision unit of SPI (International Monitoring Unit) BUMN.

This step was taken as an effort to increase the capacity of BUMN SPI as a partner of BPK in improving the quality of state financial governance.

"With the increasing role of APIP and SPI BUMN in subsidy checks, in the examination at related SOEs, BPK will increase the portion of examination in the aspect of revenue management, burdens or costs, and investment," he said.

Furthermore, he revealed to all ranks of BTN that the BPK's task did not stop after the Examination Report (LHP) was submitted, but would continue until the entity followed up on all the results of the examination.

"Monitoring the follow-up to the results of the examination is an inseparable series of examinations that are the constitutional authority of the BPK," he said.