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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 ...

Micro Waqf Bank makes it easy for low-income people to do business: VP

Indonesian Vice President Ma'ruf Amin said the establishment of the Micro Waqf Bank aims to provide opportunities ...

Indonesia's foreign debt recorded at US$415.6 billion in Q1: BI

Indonesia's foreign debt until the first quarter (Q1) end of 2021 reached US$415.6 billion, or decreased 0.4 ...

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Indonesia incorporates Islamic values in economic recovery policies

Having the world's largest Muslim population, it's very natural for Indonesia to start looking at Islamic or ...

OAG Metis to power flight information innovation

OAG, the world’s leading provider of travel data and insight, today announced the launch of OAG Metis, its new ...

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 ...

Indonesia's foreign debt swells 4% to $422.6 bln in Feb

Indonesia’s foreign debt reached US$422.6 billion in February, an increase of 4 percent year-on-year (yoy), Bank ...

Finance Minister calls for sustainable, green global economic recovery

Indonesia's Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati stressed that recovery of the global economy, battered by the ...

Ripple acquires 40% stake in Asia’s leading cross-border payments specialist Tranglo

Ripple, the leading provider of enterprise blockchain solutions for global payments, announced that it has agreed to ...

Indonesia's foreign debts at Jan-end 2021 reached US$420.7 billion

Indonesia's external debts at January-end of 2021 reached US$420.7 billion comprising US$213.6 billion of the ...

Featurespace launches Automated Deep Behavioral Networks

Today, Featurespace introduces Automated Deep Behavioral Networks for the card and payments industry, providing a ...

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Expanding utilization of waqf assets

Historically, the waqf has served an important role in economic empowerment of the Islamic community. This can be ...

VP presses for more professional, modern management of cash waqf

Vice President Ma'ruf Amin called to improve the management of cash waqf to be more professional and modern in ...

Cash waqf can potentially reach Rp188 trillion: President

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) touted that the potential for waqf in Indonesia is very high, including for waqf in the ...

Japan vows to invest US$4 billion for SWF Indonesia

The Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) voiced readiness to invest US$4 billion in Indonesia's ...