INDONESIA - BANKING - BSB Ready to Accept Any Bill Payment

Jakarta (18/10) Bank Syariah Bukopin (BSB) has continued to innovate products pelayananya to be able to compete with national banks. This time in cooperation with PT PLN (Persero), BSB ready to accept payment of electricity bills and other bills centrally.  (source)

FINANCE - VIVAnews - IDB to Grant Loans US$3 Bn to Indonesia

VIVAnews - The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) will grant loans worth US$2.8-3 billion to Indonesia as a form of partnership between Indonesian and IDB, which is attached in the Member Country Partnership Strategy.

Director of Multilateral Foreign Funding at the National Development Planning Ministry, Dewo Broto Joko Putranto, said the four-year cooperation is deemed the largest credit disbursed by the IDB to a country.

"The commitment can be materialized next year," said Dewo today, Sept 30.