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  • BNI to expand in Malaysia by first half of 2017

    BNI to expand in Malaysia by first half of 2017

    PT Bank Negara Indonesia (BNI) has submitted an expansion proposal to the Indonesian and Malaysian regulators to establish a network branch in Malaysia. The target is to have the branch working by the first half of 2017.

    Chairman of PT BNI Achmad Baiquini said in Jakarta on Thursday that the Financial Services Authorities (OJK) signed a reciprocal bilateral agreement with the Malaysian Central Bank in August.

    Since then, the bank began putting together documentation to execute an expansion in Malaysia.

    “We should be able to establish a network there within the first semester of 2017,” he added.

    Once the bank explores the sector, he noted, it will delve into the remittances business, which will allow Indonesian laborers in Malaysia to send money to their families back home.

    The bank is also looking at trade financing in Malaysia.

    Remittances, he observed, will also act as a good start to initiate a digital banking business in Malaysia.

    In the future, the banking services would shift solely to digital platforms in Malaysia.

    As for capital funds prepared by the bank, Baiquini was reluctant to reveal the details.

    “We will surely follow the agreement signed by the Authority and Malaysia, and will follow all their guidelines,” he remarked.

    Indonesia and Malaysia had signed a bilateral partnership agreement on August 1 as part of the ASEAN Banking Integrated Framework.

    As part of such cooperation, which emphasizes the principle of reciprocity, Indonesias bank will receive a cost reduction incentive for network expansion in Malaysia, including admission fee and payment system fee.

    The Financial Services Authoritys Deputy Supervisor, Mulya Siregar, pointed out that the admission fee for Indonesia has been reduced from 10.4 million Ringgits to 5.2 million Ringgits.

    “Costs regarding payment systems, including Automatic Cash Machines, also went down from 4 Ringgit to 1 to 2 ringgit per transaction,” informed Siregar.

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  • BNI`s profit grows 46.7 percent in first half

    BNI`s profit grows 46.7 percent in first half

    State lender Bank Negara Indonesia (BNI) saw its net profit in the first half of 2017 jumping 48.7 percent to Rp6.41 trillion, fueled by the distribution of credits.

    “Our credits grew 15.4 percent year-on-year to Rp412.1 trillion, contributing Rp15.40 trillion or 10.7 percent to the net interest income,” BNI Consumer Director Anggoro Eko Cahyo said in a press conference here, Wednesday.

    Most of the credits were channeled towards business banking, particularly corporations and state-owned companies, as well as small- and medium-business undertakings, he remarked.

    The credits channeled towards business banking totaled Rp296.1 trillion, accounting for 71.6 percent of the total credit portfolio in the first half of 2017, he added.

    “The distribution of credits to corporations was also fueled by many infrastructure and agricultural projects,” he affirmed.

    The infrastructure projects included toll roads built by state-owned construction companies in Java, he mentioned.

    He explained that the credits extended to the consumer sector reached Rp67.05 trillion, accounting for 16.3 percent of the total portfolio. The credits extended to overseas debtors in foreign currency stood at Rp25.92 trillion, accounting for 6.3 percent of the banks total credits.

    “The amount of credits channeled by the banks subsidiaries reached Rp23.09 trillion or 5.6 percent of the banks total credits,” he revealed.

    He stated the bank also recorded a 17.9 percent rise in non-interest income to Rp4.65 trillion, fueled by fee-based income which grew 17.9 percent.

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  • BNI plans to set up subsidiary in Malaysia

    BNI plans to set up subsidiary in Malaysia

    State lender Bank Negara Indonesia (BNI) plans to set up a subsidiary in Malaysia this year after the two countries signed an agreement on reciprocity-based banking business.

    BNI is waiting for the holding company of state-owned companies in the banking sector to issue a policy, which is currently under process, BNI Director for Treasury and International Affairs Panji Irawan said at the Indonesia Stock Exchange here on Thursday.

    To set up the subsidiary, BNI is considering involving other state lenders, including Bank Mandiri and Bank Rakyat Indonesia, to shore up its business capacity and efficiency, he added.

    “Whoever is interested in it, can cooperate with us. We cannot do it alone,” he noted.

    In view of its financial capacity, BNI is likely to set up a subsidiary rather than establishing a branch office in the neighboring country, he revealed.

    “The subsidiary will not serve as a branch. It will be locally incorporated and must have a board of directors,” he explained.

    Under the Malaysian law, BNI must have a paid-up capital of US$66 million to US$75 million to set up the subsidiary, he informed.

    BNI President Director Achmad Baiquni wanted the bank to strengthen its network in the neighboring country in the first half of this year.

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  • BNI prepares Indonesia-Hong Kong worker card

    BNI prepares Indonesia-Hong Kong worker card

    State-owned PT Bank Negara Indonesia (BNI) will be launching Indonesia-Hong Kong Worker Card (KPIH), a multi-function card for Indonesian employees in Hong Kong.

    The Bank had previously launched Indonesia-Singapore Worker Card (KPIS) in November 2016.

    The dissemination and soft launching event of the card was carried out in the presence of 500 Indonesian migrant workers in the Banks Hong Kong branch on Jan 22, and was attended by BNIs Vice President Suprajarto.

    “There are savings acquisition potentials, which reached 25 thousand Indonesian migrant workers in Hong Kong. This card has many functions. Apart from being a debit card, it can also act as a Worker Identity Card,” Suprajarto said in an official statement received by Antara here on Monday.

    The cards functions include Internet/Mobile/SMS banking facilities that ease transaction processes, access to the Banks programs information and remittance and/or bill settlement to Indonesia through BNIs Hong Kong branch or ATM machines.

    The card can also be used as a shopping card in stores with a MasterCard logo in their EDC s.

    Card holders also get a chance to join an entrepreneurship training program called “KAMI bersama BNI” (We are with BNI), as well get home credit facilities for new residential purchases or renovations through BNIs Hong Kong branch.

    As an appreciation to the Banks consumers, BNI is having a remittance fee discount program for money wiring services through the Hong Kong branch, in which transfer costs are being exempted for transactions among BNI accounts, he continued.

    Customers can also move their savings balance into a deposit account once the amount is considerably high, and they can also propose for the Worker Retirement account and auto-debit system for health and work insurances.

    For migrant workers who wish to start their own business in Indonesia, BNI also offers financial support through their Peoples Business Credit (KUR) program.

    They can simply contact the Banks small credit centers across Indonesia to submit their proposal.

    One of the programs selling points lies in its low interest rate, which is noted to be at 9 percent annually as per 2016.

    Until the end of 2016, BNI had given out credits to 386 migrant workers in Hong Kong through seven credit centers, with the loan reaching Rp5.3 billion.

    The loan is also being disposed to migrant workers who had been employed in Singapore, Japan and Taiwan.

    As of December 2016, there are 2,463 debtors, with the total amount reaching Rp38.9 billion.

  • BNI President Addresses Rush Money Issue

    BNI President Addresses Rush Money Issue

    Bank Negara Indonesia (BNI) president director Achmad Baiquni asked customers not to panic and get affected by solicitations to withdrawal money en masse. The so called rush-money rumor has been circulating on social media in recent days.

    According to Baiquni, the rumor is baseless and irrelevant, considering Indonesia’s banking fundamentals are normal and healthy.

    “Banking conditions are very good, so there should be no reason to worry,” Baiquni told.

    Baiquni firmly stated that banks’ performance continues to grow, both in terms of assets, loans, deposits and third party funds. Baiquni also urged people to ignore the call to withdraw their savings from banks.

    “Let’s not over-blow the issue—especially in social media. There is no need to worry,” Baiquni said.

    In terms of macroeconomics, Baiquni said the rupiah is stable while the Jakarta Composite Index is slowly gaining. “Last week’s correction was only a brief Trump effect.”

    Baiquni said BNI is asking customers to remain calm and not be provoked by the issue. “If there are customers who want more information about this matter and require an explanation, we are ready.”

    Earlier, the Police Headquarters’ Director of Special Economic Crimes Brig. Gen. Agung Setya said the solicitation is prone to prone risks of greater crimes that can harm the public.

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  • BNI posts net profit of Rp7.72 trillion in Q3

    BNI posts net profit of Rp7.72 trillion in Q3

    State lender Bank Negara Indonesia (BNI) posted a net profit of Rp7.72 trillion in the third quarter of 2016, up 28.7 percent from the same period last year.

    The double-digit profit growth was fueled by net interest income after credits grew by 21.1 percent or Rp372.02 trillion year on year, BNI President Director Ahmad Baiquni said here on Thursday.

    The net interest income grew 15 percent to Rp21.87 trillion in the July-September 2016 quarter, up from Rp19.02 trillion in the same quarter a year earlier, he noted.

    Fee-based income, meanwhile, rose 20 percent from the same quarter last year, he added.

    He informed that the BNI recorded a 6.2 percent net interest margin from the amount of credits channeled in the third quarter of 2016 .

    The bank also saw its non-interest income rising 20 percent to Rp6.24 trillion in the third quarter of 2016, fueled by a rise in commission on trade financing, account management and insurance marketing cooperation.

    The amount of credits extended in the third quarter of 2016 grew 21 percent as the bank focused on financing infrastructure projects run by state-owned companies, he pointed out.

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  • BNI reports healthy growth with profit up 79.9 percent

    BNI reports healthy growth with profit up 79.9 percent

    State lender PT. Bank Negara Indonesia Persero Tbk (BNI) reported a strong growth of 79.9 percent year-on-year in profit to Rp4.37 trillion in the second quarter of 2016 despite a decline in credit quality.

    President Director of the countrys fourth largest bank in assets Achmad Baiquni attributed the rise in profit to high growth in credits and fee based income, and efficiency in cost of fund.

    “Our cost of funds dropped to 3.1 percent from 3.2 percent,” Baiquni said here on Friday.

    BNI outstanding credit grew in two digit by 23.7 percent year on year (yoy) to Rp288.7 trillion.

    However, the non performing loan (NPL) of the bank also rose from 2.7 percent to 3 percent gross by the end of the first half of this year.

    He acknowledged the quality of credit assets became a problem shadowing the performance of the bank in the first six months of the year.

    Therefore, BNI has to increase its reserve funds from 138.8 percent in the second quarter 2015 to 142.8 percent in the same period in 2016.

    The increase in the credit of the publicly listed bank resulted in a rose in its net interest income to Rp13.91 trillion or an increase of 11.7 percent yoy.

    Its non interest income including fee based income grew 28.7 percent to Rp4.43 trillion.

    Baiquni said business credit disbursements sustained credit portfolio as high as 73 percent with annual growth of 25.6 percent to Rp260.7 trillion.

    Corporate credits accounted for 25.1 percent of its business credits.

    The bank also recorded a soaring growth of 331 percent or Rp7.3 trillion in low interest Peoples Business Credit (KUR) pushing up KUR contribution to outstanding credit to 19.9 percent from 5.6 percent earlier.

    Baiquni attributed the high growth to facility of guarantee and subsidy on interest offered by the government.

    “Speaking about target, we prefer the government to set target for us,” he said.

    The bank holds Rp391.4 trillion in third party funds or an increase of 19.6 percent yoy, dominated by cheap funds (current account saving account (CASA) making up 60.4 percent and deposits making up the rest, he said.

    With the outstanding credits and third party funds, BNI has assets valued at Rp539.1 trillion by the end of he second quarter of 2016.

  • BNI chalks up Rp2.9 trillion in net profit in first quarter

    BNI chalks up Rp2.9 trillion in net profit in first quarter

    Publicly traded lender PT. Bank Negara Indonesia Persero Tbk reported Rp2.9 trillion in net profit in the first quarter of this year up 5.5 percent year-on-year.

    The profit was attributable mainly to net interest income especially interest on infrastructure credits, Achmad Baiquni, the president director of the state owned bank said here on Tuesday.

    Its net interest income grew 13.3 percent to Rp6.91 trillion in the first three months of 2016 from Rp6.09 trillion in the same period last year.

    “The net interest margin (NIM) of the bank was 6.1 percent in the first quarter of this year,” Baiquni said.

    The NIM of the countrys fourth largest bank in asset, rose with a strong 21.2 percent growth in credits to Rp326.74 trillion in the January-March period of 2016 from Rp269.51 trillion in the same period in 2015.

    Credits for the business and consumption sectors were the largest contributors to its credit expansion, Baiquni said.

    Credits for the business, which grew 22.7 percent (yoy) to Rp234.2 trillion in the first quarter of 2016, accounted for 71.7 percent of the banks total credits.

    Credits for the construction sector surged 127.5 percent to Rp5.99 trillion and credits for the consumption sector rose 9.8 percent to Rp57.56 trillion in the first quarter of 2016.

    The bank also recorded an increase in fee based income , up 16.4 percent to Rp2.22 trillion .

    The third party funds held by the bank rose 21.8 percent (yoy) to Rp371.5 trillion in the first quarter of 2016 .

    Cheap funds accounted for 58.5 percent or around Rp217.5 trillion of the third party funds – or an increase of 12.9 percent (yoy).

    The credit expansion that grew 21.2 percent and the third party funds that increased 21.8 percent resulted in 25 percent rise (yoy) in its assets to Rp509.09 trillion in the first quarter of 2016 .

  • BNI, Indonesia’s Leading Bank, Adopts e-Learning to Improve Credit Performance

    BNI, Indonesia’s Leading Bank, Adopts e-Learning to Improve Credit Performance

    Omega Performance, a TwentyEighty company, and BNI, Indonesia’s fourth largest bank, teamed up to create a robust e-Learning platform to improve the bank’s quality of assets aimed at reducing its credit risk. By focusing on training and developing its loan officers, BNI has found a solution to reduce the percentage of its nonperforming loans (NPLs).

    Risk management is one of the top threats facing Indonesian banks in today’s economic climate. BNI had shown improvement year over year regarding its NPLs, but leaders of the bank wanted to do even better.

    BNI’s strategy to reduce the burden on its financial system was to manage its operational risks by investing in technology and its people through a systematic training system for its loan approval processes. The best way to do this was to supplement its in-house training model with an e-Learning platform from Omega Performance. Training employees using a technologically advanced platform ensures consistent learning opportunities are available to all credit officers and it encourages knowledge sharing within the bank.

    “A few years ago, I personally evaluated the content Omega Performance offered in terms of credit training, and I was highly impressed with the quality of the material,” said Putu B. Kresna, head of the organizational learning division at BNI. “After that experience, we have been successfully working together ever since.”

    Since it was established in 1946, BNI has grown and developed into a national bank with sustainable financial performance and millions of customers worldwide. The bank relies on its wide-ranging service network, comprising of 1,585 domestic outlets and nine overseas branches in Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, the United Kingdom and the United States.

    In addition to seeing improvement on its NPLs, BNI senior managers saw instant results in the change in employee perception towards training. It’s clear that BNI employees are seeing great value in being trained by a partner that understands the banking credit culture like Omega Performance.

    Omega Performance has been able to get BNI’s most experienced credit officers to buy into the e-Learning platform. Using a blended approach that includes online self-study, facilitator-led interactive workshops, skills application labs and a Train-the-Trainer style of learning has laid a strong foundation for training at BNI. Omega Performance is providing training platforms to help BNI in consumer lending, business lending fundamentals, financial accountability for lenders, commercial loans to business and minimizing problem loans.

    “We are pleased that BNI has chosen Omega Performance as its trusted learning partner to help the bank make continuous improvements in its NPL ratio by using our blended credit training solutions,” said Gil Madrid, business development director at Omega Performance. “By elevating the competency and risk management skills of its bankers to international standards, BNI has taken an invaluable and progressive step to fulfill its vision of creating and sustaining a strong credit culture at the bank.”

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  • BNI Set to Penetrate ASEAN Market

    BNI Set to Penetrate ASEAN Market

    Bank Negara Indonesia (BNI) president director Achmad Baiquni said that state-owned lender BNI would expand its business in other Southeast Asian countries, in addition to Myanmar.

    “There are some countries targeted by BNI, but we can’t reveal them yet, because it’s too early,” Baiquni told us during a tree-planting event at kilometer 59 of the Jakarta-Cikampek toll road on Saturday, March 26, 2016.

    Baiquni added that the expansion plan would be executed based on existing business potentials. Myanmar was selected since other state-owned companies were expanding their business in the country.

    “We have to follow our customers,” Baiquini explained.

    Baiquni admitted that BNI had looked into the business potential in Myanmar. He also expected that the expansion plan would be realized this year.

    BNI and Bank Mandiri are preparing to expand their businesses in the ASEAN market prior to Financial Services Authority’s agreement signings with Central Bank of Myanmar and Bank Negara Malaysia.

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  • Indonesian bank opens branch in Seoul

    Indonesian bank opens branch in Seoul

    An Indonesian bank, Bank Negara Indonesia (BNI) 46, opened a branch office in Seoul, South Korea, in Wise Tower, on Monday. It was inaugurated by the Ambassador of Indonesia to South Korea, John A Prasetio and Manager of BNI46 Seoul, Wan Andi Aryati. “The banking industry in South Korea is already shaken, but BNI46 still sees market potential,” Wan Andi said in a statement received by ANTARA here Monday. The BNI46 targets the domestic trade market according to her. “BNI Seoul wants to be a bridge to establish cooperation between Indonesia and South Korea by providing loans and other related banking services,” Wan Andi said.

    The BNI46 also provides services for South Korean businessmen who want to invest in Indonesia, she added.
    “We are also targeting the Indonesian labor market in South Korea, which now reaches 40 thousand people. We are committed to providing the best service for the Indonesias foreign exchange heroes,” she said.

    Meanwhile, Ambassador Prasetio stated that the world economy is still in a state of collapse. The stock market and the value of currency in some countries against the US dollar continues to decline.

    “This shows that the global sentiment has not been encouraging. Uniquely, the Indonesian economy is relatively solid in the middle of the uncertainty shocks,” the ambassador said.

    Cooperation in trade and investment between Indonesia and South Korea are still positive. The demand for Indonesian products and South Koreas investment in the country are progressive, according to him.

    “They respond positively on the economic policies of President Jokowi (Joko Widodo). I believe that the presence of BNI46 in Korea is very important to bridge cooperation between the two countries,” the ambassador said.

    Data from the Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) shows that South Koreas direct investment in the country in the last five years is ranked fourth with a value of more than US$7 billion. Currently, there are 2,700 South Korean companies in Indonesia.

  • BNI Syairah resolved to attract more investors

    BNI Syairah resolved to attract more investors

    State-owned Bank BNI Syariah is determined to attract more strategic investors this year as part of its efforts to increase capital, according to its President Director Dinno Indiano.

    The Bank BNI Syariah has opened itself to investors over the past three years.

    “This year we will make even more intensive efforts to lobby for investors. After all, we have the confidence, supported by good performance over the past three years,” Dinno told a press conference in Jakarta on Tuesday.

    Earlier, President Director of Bank BNI, Achmad Baiquin, said the state-owned bank was exploring the possibility of cooperating with strategic investors to support the BNI Syariah business. Bank BNI Syariah is a subsidiary of Bank BNI.

    Bank BNI was willing to sell 20 percent or more of the stake of its subsidiary to strategic investors. Yet, Bank BNI will remain the majority holder of the Bank BNI Syariah stake.

    Last week, Bank BNI said it was optimistic that its Peoples Business Credit (KUR) would increase rapidly in 2016 after the interest rate on the credit scheme was cut to 9 percent per year.

    Achmad Baiquni said in a statement that between August 2015 till 2015-end, the publicly traded state lender had already disbursed more than Rp3 trillion in KUR.

    Baiquni said this amount is predicted to surge to more than Rp10 trillion in 2016 .

    KUR disbursement by BNI was made symbolically at the Glenmore sugar factory in Banyuwangi, East Java, on Wednesday in the presence of the Minister for State Enterprises Rini Soemarno and Achmad Baiquni.

    Baiquini said the KUR funneled by BNI in 2015 represented an increase of 70 percent from 2014.

    In 2015, there were more than 12,200 KUR recipients all over Indonesia. In East Java alone, BNI funneled Rp476.5 billion in KUR to 2,022 clients, including micro businesses, retailers and workers.

    In East Java, KURs are offered to labor intensive and productive sectors such as processing industry, agriculture and trade.

    There is a potential KUR market in East Java, and it may attract sugar farmers under the coordination of state plantation company, PT Perkebunan Nusantara (PTPN).

    BNI is optimistic that there would be more KUR users in 2016 because of the cut in interest rate and improved economy.

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