Malang, 4 October 2018 – Committed to become the leading bank of choice, with an essential role in becoming the main pillar of Indonesia’s economy, PT Bank Central Asia Tbk (BCA) continues to support the development of MSME segment as one of the main drivers in Indonesia’s economy. This time, BCA’s effort is realized through the ‘One Opportunity One Million Happiness’ Workshop which was attended by 100 MSME actors in Malang.
Attending to open the workshop was Head of BCA KCU Malang Chen Lin Andrew, Head of BCA KCU Borobudur Liciana King, and Vice President of SME & Commercial Business of BCA Ade Bachtiar. The workshop invited several keynote speakers including BCA’s Economist David E. Sumual, who will talk about the digital economic landscape and a number of BCA customers who run successful online businesses, at Hotel Savana, Malang, Thursday (04/10).
“MSMEs are still one of the leading sectors, even becoming the main support for the Indonesian economy. Therefore, BCA continues to strive to help improve various business sectors to be able to grow and progress independently. Various programs have been prepared to support these efforts. Through contiunuous programs such as workshops and training, BCA is always committed to facilitate MSME actors to develop their businesses in the long term,” explained Chen Lin Andrew.
The MSME workshop series will also be held in Makassar and Samarinda. For this program, BCA collaborates with Blibli.com. MSME players will also learn about Digital Trends and E-Commerce, Social Media, as well as a better understanding of how to become a MSME player.
Chen Lin Andrew added that BCA’s commitment to develop MSMEs in Malang is one of BCA’s contributions in facilitating and assisting MSMEs in various regions in Indonesia in order to help them grow their businesses. Such workshops for MSME actors were held in exploring the potential of loan disbursement in MSMEs sector. This year, the ratio of MSME loan disbursement is set to reach 20 per cent of the total of BCA’s loan portfolio. As of the first semester of 2018, MSME loan distributed by BCA amounting to Rp59.9 trillion or grew by 23.0% YoY.
“MSMEs play quite a major role in national economies. Therefore, we need to improve the empowerment of MSMEs in Indonesia.We hope that BCA can contribute through its programs to develop MSMEs in Indonesia so that it can reduce unemployment rate, combat poverty, and create Indonesia’s signature products that can compete both in domestic market and abroad,” Ade Bachtiar concluded his remarks.
BCA Organizes ‘One Opportunity One Million Happiness’ Workshop – Vice President of SME & Commercial Business of BCA Ade Bachtiar (center) is looking at MSME products on the sidelines of a MSME workshop titled ‘One Opportunity One Million Happiness’ in Malang, Thursday (04/10). Attended by approximately 100 MSME players, the workshop is one of BCA’s contributions to facilitate and assist MSMEs in various regions in Indonesia in developing their businesses.
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About PT Bank Central Asia Tbk (as of 30th June 2018)
BCA is one of the leading commercial banks in Indonesia with a core focus on transaction banking business and providing loan facilities and solutions to the corporate, commercial & SME and consumer segments. At the end of June 2018, BCA had the privilege of serving 18 million customer accounts, processing millions of transactions every day through 1,241 branches, 17,565 ATMs and more than 490 thousands of EDC machines as well as transactions made over the 24-hour internet and mobile banking systems.
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