Jakarta, 14 September 2018 – PT Bank Central Asia Tbk (BCA) continues its commitment to support government program in the disbursement of Micro Loan (KUR), especially in the productive sector. BCA realizes its commitment through the signing of a Cooperation on the Distribution of People’s Business Credit (KUR) to Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSME) cattle farmers who partnered with PT Santosa Agrindo (PT Santori).
Attending the signing ceremony was Vice President of SME & Commercial Business of BCA Ade Bachtiar, Branch Head of Wisma Millenia BCA Jan Komal, along with the shareholdres of the Bank Perkreditan Rakyat Karya Perdana Sejahtera (BPR KPS) namely Ignatius Herry Wibowo, Agus Antariksa Sidharta, President Director of BPR KPS Arief Santoso, President Director of PT Santosa Agrindo (PT Santori) Safuan Kasno Soewondo, Head of Partnership of PT Santori Bintoro Tantono and cattle farmers from several cities of East Java; Probolinggo, Malang, Blitar, Jember, and Lumajang in Probolinggo, Friday (14/09).
Through this partnership, BCA distributes Micro Loan (KUR) with a credit limit of Rp20 billion and a portion of Micro and Small KUR Rp5 billion each via a channel partner namely BPR Karya Perdana Sejahtera. The ceiling of this partnership marks the largest amount of micro loan BCA has ever distributed to the livestock sector.
On a separate occasion, Senior Vice President of SME & Commercial Business of BCA Daniel Darmawan said that, “This loan facility is expected to provide benefits for beef cattle breeders in the form of easy access to funds for the development of livestock business, which is important for the sustainability and development of their businesses.”
Daniel added that PT Santosa Agrindo, a subsidiary of JAPFA engaged in the beef cattle fattening and breeding, is the largest integrated beed cattle operator in Indonesia. Therefore, we took the initialitve to distribute micro loans to cattle farmers with a maximum ceiling of Rp200 million through Yarnen payment system to provide ease of access to funding for developing beef cattle farming.
As of the first semester of 2018, BCA has disbursed micro loans (KUR) of Rp67.16 Miliar. The KUR distribution has reached 61.1% of the annual target of Rp110 billion, of which around 42% was distributed to the productive sector. “The partnership program is expected to help increase beef cattle population in East Java and, furthermore, to help the community in terms of capital for the development of cow faming and husbandry,” Daniel concluded.
BCA Disburses Micro Loans to PT Santosa Agrindo – Branch Head of Wisma Millenia BCA Jan Komal (right) witnessed by Vice President SME & Commercial Business BCA Ade Bachtiar (left) together with President Director of PT Santosa Agrindo (PT Santori) Safuan Kasno Soewondo (second right), President Director of BPR KPS Arief Santoso (center), and one of the shareholders of Bank Perkreditan Rakyat Karya Perdana Sejahtera (BPR KPS) Ignatius Herry Wibowo (second left) signed the agreement regarding micro loan facility channeled to PT Santosa Agrindo in Probolinggo, Friday (14/09). Through this partnership, BCA distributes Micro Loan (KUR) with a credit limit of Rp20 billion and a portion of Micro and Small KUR Rp5 billion each via a channel partner namely BPR Karya Perdana Sejahtera.
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