JULY 2021 – ALAMI, a Sharia-compliant fintech, and Impact Credit Solutions (ICS) have partnered to offer affordable financing to the Indonesian healthcare sector during the COVID-19 pandemic. ALAMI and ICS have entered into a US$20 million credit facility to finance
President Joko Widodo urged the administration to continue supporting the growth of the agricultural sector, among others, by facilitating the distribution of micro loans (“KUR”). The allocation of KUR for the agricultural sector this year reached US$ 4.88 billion (IDR
Digital banks and fintech companies are partnering with social media companies like TikTok, Facebook, and LINE to better serve the MSME sector. Last week, Bank Aladin Syariah partnered with Facebook Indonesia to provide financial literacy training for small business owners.
President Joko Widodo’s three-part approach includes industrial downstreaming, digitising MSMEs, and the green economy. Jokowi said that some of the downstream results are already observable. Indonesia’s steel exports have reached US$ 10.5 billion during the first half of 2021. Other
OJK requires the banking industry to implement a climate-resistance risk management strategy. This regulation requirement is part of OJK’s commitment to a sustainable economy, and to encourage capital flow to sustainable public investment, private investment, infrastructure development, human resource development.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) plans to disburse financing of up to US$ 80 million to address net-zero carbon transition for its member countries by 2030. The financing targets Indonesia, Vietnam, and the Philippines, to reduce dependency on coal power
The Ministry of Health, along with PT Pfizer Indonesia and BioNTech SE, signed a commitment to manufacture 50 million doses of Pfizer vaccine in 2021. This commitment is part of Pfizer and BioNTech’s global commitment to produce Covid-19 vaccines. Meanwhile,
OJK will be announcing the core capital requirements for digital banks, and explicit regulations concerning the incorporation of digital banks. The blanket capital requirements for fully digital banks is at IDR 10 trillion, or US$ ~700 million. This requirement is
Jokowi shared that 14 million MSMEs have digitized parts of their businesses during the pandemic. Last year alone, Indonesia’s e-commerce transaction volumes reached US$ 17.5 billion (IDR 253 trillion). E-commerce transactions are estimated to reach US$ 22.9 billion (IDR 331
Jokowi emphasized the role of a clean-technology enabled economy, and the transition towards new and renewable energy to accelerate Indonesia’s growth. Excluding the upstream oil and gas industry and financial services, Indonesia’s in-country investments had reached US$ 31 billion (IDR
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