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BI bans cryptocurrency use as payment instrument, financial tool

Indonesia's central bank (BI) has proscribed financial institutions in the country from using cryptocurrency as a ...

Rupiah strengthens following release of foreign exchange reserves data

The rupiah’s exchange rate to the US dollar traded at the Jakarta interbank market strengthened before the ...

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Tracking the spice trail to Banda

  On July 3, 1468, Charles the Bold, the Duke of Burgundy, married Margaret of York at the home of a wealthy ...

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Trail Hongitochten in North Maluku

The spice-hunting adventure by European nations began when the Ottoman dynasty in the territory of Turkey hiked prices, ...

Decline in US bond yield bolsters rupiah

The rupiah’s exchange rate to the US dollar traded at the Jakarta interbank market on Thursday morning ...

Indonesia's economy to return to 5% growth in 2022: ADB

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has projected that the Indonesian economy will return to high growth, last seen in the ...

Western Union expands in Indonesia with Bank Rakyat Indonesia

Western Union, a global leader in cross-border, cross-currency money movement and payments, and Bank Rakyat Indonesia ...

Bank Indonesia raises global economic growth forecast to 5.7 percent

Bank Indonesia has revised its growth forecast for the global economy in 2021 to 5.7 percent, or surpassing the earlier ...

BI maintains benchmark interest rate at 3.5 percent

The meeting of Board of Governors (RDG) of Bank Indonesia (BI) on April 19-20, 2021, reached a decision to maintain the ...

Bussr rolls out Nekla digital payments to millions of users

Bussr, the world-leading artificial intelligence (AI) powered mobility platform, is looking to make its services ...

Ramadhan: Saudi Arabia donates basic necessities for Indonesians

The Saudi government has donated three thousand packages containing basic necessities and 15 tons of dates for the ...

Ramadhan - Do not reheat iftar food for sahur: nutritionist

A clinical nutrition specialist from the University of Indonesia has advised people who are fasting not to reheat their ...

Circulation of fake banknotes declining due to digitalization: BI

The number of fake banknotes circulating in public fell in 2020 compared to the previous year, driven by an increase in ...

BI expects e-commerce to get Eid al-Fitr boost

Bank Indonesia (BI) has projected an increase in transactions on various e-commerce platforms ahead of Eid al-Fitr ...

BI readies Rp152 trillion in currency for Ramadhan, Eid al-Fitr

Bank Indonesia (BI) has readied currency amounting to Rp152.14 trillion to cater to the public’s needs during the ...