INDONESIA - BANKING - Indonesian Islamic banks ask for more 'breath' in the management of Haji Funds

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA - The Islamic Bank asked the government to give a little breathing for Islamic banks in managing the funds pilgrimage. Because the government policies that directly channel funds rated sukuk pilgrimage to burdensome and not giving motion to the Islamic banks to grow the business.

According to Director of Retail Banking Mega Syariah, Ani Murdiati, the government should give space for pilgrims to settle in advance of funds in Islamic banks. "Do not be immediately withdrawn all year, it is not fair for the banking," he said when met Reuters on the sidelines of Hajj Manasik Prime Bank Mega Syariah. (source)