Friday, November 18, 2011

INDONESIA - BANKING - 'Intervention' Foreign Competition Trigger Local Islamic Bank

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA - Director of Bank Syariah Mandiri, Hanawijaya admit foreign investment in Islamic banking will lead to competition between banks. Foreign banks have a relatively large capital as well as high competence.

"We must prepare ourselves to face the challenges of the foreign banking investment," he said in Jakarta, Thursday (17/11). (source)


Despite a strong national Islamic banking, the central bank as the regulator assessed should restrict the entry of foreign banks in Indonesia. According to Hana, there should be fair treatment in a national Islamic banking.

"BI should apply equal treatment, because when the opened branches outside, our banking system is complicated there. We demand justice," he asserted.

Meanwhile, President Director of BNI Syariah Rizqullah saw the entry of foreign investment in banking
Sharia will bring benefits. Capital and knowledge (knowledge) the greater will strengthen Islamic banking in Indonesia.

"I am not concerned with foreign banks because we have an advantage in knowing the local market," he said.

'Intervensi' Asing Picu Persaingan Bank Syariah Lokal

Kamis, 17 November 2011 08:12 WIB
REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA - Direktur Bank Syariah Mandiri, Hanawijaya mengakui investasi asing di perbankan syariah akan memicu persaingan antar bank. Perbankan asing memiliki modal yang relatif besar sekaligus kompetensi tinggi.

"Kita harus bersiap diri menghadapi tantangan investasi perbankan asing itu," ujar dia di Jakarta, Kamis (17/11).

Meski perbankan syariah nasional kuat, BI selaku regulator dinilai harus membatasi masuknya perbankan asing di Indonesia. Menurut Hana, harus ada perlakuan adil pada perbankan syariah nasional.

"BI harus terapkan equal treatment karena ketika membuka cabang di luar, perbankan kita dipersulit di sana. Kita minta keadilan ini," katanya menegaskan.

Sementara itu, Direktur Utama BNI Syariah Rizqullah memandang masuknya investasi asing dalam perbankan
syariah akan memberi keuntungan. Modal beserta pengetahuan (knowledge) yang lebih besar akan memperkuat perbankan syariah di Indonesia.

"Saya tidak khawatir dengan bank asing karena kita memiliki keunggulan dalam mengenal pasar lokal, " ujar dia.

Source : http://www.republika.co.id/berita/syariah/bisnis/11/11/17/lus60w-intervensi-asing-picu-persaingan-bank-syariah-lokal  - Nov 17, 2011 - google translate

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