Posts Tagged ‘Bank’

Bank Indonesia receives 52 cases customer complaints in the period from January to February 2011. Of this amount, the dispute is largely a question bank customers and credit card theft.

Head of Banking Bank Indonesia Mediation Team Sondra Martha Naidoo said of the 52 cases was received by the Directorate of Investigation and Mediation Banking, is largely a customer disputes with banks regarding the case of the missing credit cards.

the current trend of rampant credit card theft. Customers who lost credit card bank does not directly report to the publishers.

When there is credit card theft or loss of customers feel the credit card are advised to complain first to the bank. Furthermore, a new report to the police. This prevents the withdrawal made by these people. When customers report this to the bank then immediately blocked the card. Sondra added, according to regulations at the Read the rest of this entry »

Base Rate Loans (SBDK) average banking industry in early 2011 increased slightly by 1 bps to 11.98%. Bank Indonesia (BI) noted SBDK rise was driven by higher interest rates on the Regional Development Banks (BPD), which increased to 5 bps.

While the lending rates of foreign banks has decreased significantly and reached 12 bps.

Thus the results of Open Market Operations (OMO) in the first week or until January 5, 2011 submitted by the Head of Public Relations Bureau Difi Ahmad Johansyah Bank Indonesia in Jakarta, Wednesday (01/12/2011).

SBDK banking rupiah rose 1 bps to 11.98% due to rising SBDK on private bank group for 1bps and BPD by 5 bps. While the group SBDK Foreign Bank Branches (KCBA) and the mixture decreased respectively by 12 bps and 1bps. Read the rest of this entry »

Ireland decided to save the Anglo Irish Bank with up to 34.3 billion euro bailout, equivalent to U.S. $ 46.6 billion. Funding to rescue the bank must be redeemed with a big hole in the Budget and Expenditure (Budget) Ireland up to 32% by 2010.

The value of U.S. $ 46.6 billion bailout was also nearly equal to the tax revenue of Ireland. But the Irish government felt the failure of Anglo Irish Bank can be a ‘nightmare’ for the country.

Irish Finance Minister Brian Lenihan said, ‘nightmare’ collapse of the Anglo Irish bank would make the country bankrupt.

2010 budget deficit will swell after the rescue of the bank. The plan, the new Irish government will present the 4-year state budget plan in November, to show how they cut the swelling deficit. An estimated budget deficit of Ireland in 2010 will reach 32% of GDP, or jumped sharply from 11.6% previously forecast.
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Bank Indonesia (BI) will soon require banks to announce interest rate risk premium loans or outside the prime lending rate. Policies that will be released per 1 November 2010 will not be considered effective to encourage efficiency.

“Would it be effective? I do not think so because the rules which will soon be issued by the central bank is still very confused,” said the Independent Commissioner of PT Bank Mandiri (Persero) Tbk Krisna Wijaya

This was very confused when a bank announces interest rate loan or deposit rates, where only as a requirement only. “Is the interest rate announcement later that as the price of an item in the supermarket or in the traditional market-negotiable?,” He said.
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Former President Director of PT Bank Danamon Tbk, Sebastian Paredes eventually anchored to the DBS Hong Kong. Sebastian will become CEO of DBS Hong Kong and a member of the Board of DBS China.

Sebastian Paredes, Bank Danamon was appointed as Managing Director on May 9, 2005. Man born in Ecuador, 28 April 1961 had previously been a career in banking spanned 20 years and the majority spent at Citigroup.

Paredes had previously served as Country Head of Citigroup in Honduras and Ecuador for two years during the two years. Subsequently appointed as CEO of Citigroup Turkey and Regional Head for Turkey and Israel.

Before his assignment today, Paredes is the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Citigroup in South Africa and Regional Head, responsible for Citigroup’s businesses in South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa.
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Composite Stock Price Index (JCI) yesterday closed lower end in the middle of a correction of banking stocks and Astra. Investors also chose to exit using the momentum weakening regional bourses.

In trading Wednesday (11/08/2010), JCI was finally closed down 21.843 points (0.71%) to the level of 3035.318. LQ 45 Index also fell 4.663 points (0.80%) to a level of 577.721.

JCI is now weakening again threatened as the deterioration that occurred in major world bourses. Investors will use this momentum to take the profit taking. CSPI on the trade Thursday (08/12/2010) is predicted to fluctuate with the tendency to move lower.
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Leading investment banks, Goldman Sachs intend to follow in the footsteps of Citigroup became a member of the Indonesia Stock Exchange (BEI). Representatives of Goldman Sachs in Singapore and Hong Kong had met with directors of BEI to pass the plan.

“They have expressed an interest and come to ask how the process of becoming AB (stock exchange members),” said Director of Trade and Stock Exchange Member Settings Wan Wei Yiong in Jakarta yesterday.

Previously, PT Citigroup Securities Indonesia on Wednesday, August 4 officially became AB in Indonesia, a broker Citigroup also targeting three top ranking (top three brokers) in the next two years.
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PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia (PT) opens opportunities for people who are ready for a career in banking. Until 2012, BRI 4000 opened a new vacancy.

This was conveyed by the Director of Bank BRI Sofyan Basir when met at the BRI Building, Jalan Sudirman, Friday (30/07/2010).

“We are ready to accept new recruits who want to work as a banker reliable candidates. We accept the 4000 employee target until 2012,” said Sofyan.

It is, further BRI Sofyan done to help expand the service network by opening new offices and units in various areas. “We are planning the opening of the office until 6000 the office. And to this day has exceeded the target of reaching 6600 offices,” he said. Read the rest of this entry »

IF Services Netherlands BV, a Dutch investor will be a buyer follow-up standby (standby buyer) plans rights issue of PT Bank International Executive Tbk (BEKS) accompany PT Recapital Securities. IF Services 24% chance of mastering BEKS shares worth Rp 143.43 billion.

This was conveyed in the rights offering prospectus published BEKS, Monday (28/06/2010).

BEKS will issue 5.1225 billion new shares with a rights issue at a price of Rp 100 per share. That means, the total value of the rights issue was reached USD 512.25 billion.

The proceeds from the rights issue will be used for SME lending (84%), increase branch network (12%) and IT development (4%). Read the rest of this entry »


Royal Bank of Scotland PLC on Wednesday said that the company has agreed to sell its banking unit namely Faysal Bank Ltd. of Pakistan. Karachi worth 41 million euros or about $ 50.6 million.

Units will be sold to Pakistan’s MCB Bank of Pakistan who had suffered losses for the period of January and get a regional agreement.

RBS acquired the unit, called RBS Pakistan, which is part of the cooperation of Dutch bank ABN Amro.

RBS is currently 84 percent of its shares controlled by the British Government, the sales reached 99.37 percent for RBS of Pakistan. Read the rest of this entry »