INDONESIA - MICRO FINANCE - Bank Sampoerna Sahabat focus on pre-prosperous community

www.bisnis.com - JAKARTA: PT Bank Friends of Sampoerna work on the microfinance market by highlighting the potential of pre-prosperous community of the customers."We still have a commercial product, but also serve the community in order to pre-prosperous and capable of independent entrepreneurship," said Indra W Supriadi, president & CEO of the bank, tonight.The word friend in the name of the bank chosen more for philosophical reasons. In Arabic, the word friend means a true friend. The name is determined solely by the professionals in it. (source)

INDONESIA - BANKING - Dipo Bank officially change the name of Bank Sampoerna Sahabat

www.kontan.co.id - JAKARTA. A year after being acquired Sampoerna Group, Bank Dipo International Bank officially switched its name to Friends of Sampoerna.

"The name change was done by February 2012 to increase the competitiveness of the national bank in the banking industry," said Managing Director of Bank Friends of Sampoerna Indra W Supriadi, Wednesday (9/5) at the press launch of the Bank Friends of Sampoerna.  (source)

INDONESIA - BANKING - Bank Sampoerna Sahabat would open Syariah Unit

www.kontan.co.id - JAKARTA. Bank Friends of Sampoerna would expand its business in the micro sector by establishing a business unit of sharia (UUS) in the year.

"In the bank's business plan this year, we target UUS can operate in July 2012. Hopefully not back down," said Managing Director of Bank Friends of Sampoerna Indra W Supriadi, Wednesday (9/5).  (source)

INDONESIA - BANKING - Bank Dipo Cancel Converted So Islamic Bank

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA - PT Bank Dipo International likely to void converted into Islamic banks. Sampoerna Group said Bank Dipo would only form a business unit of sharia (UUS) to enter this industry.

This is confirmed Director of Friends of Small and Medium Enterprises, micro finance institutions owned by Sampoerna, Indra W Supriadi. "We had been delivered to BI if we want to be a conventional bank, but it is also possible entry into the business via the UUS sharia," he said when met Republika. (source)