BI Past 13 Banks Close Since 2004
Bank August 2nd, 2010
Jakarta – Bank Indonesia (BI) recorded as many as 13 banks have been closed since 2004. The bank consists of 4 commercial banks and rural banks 9 (BPR).
In addition only one bank that made the rescue of Century Bank in 2008 due to global crisis conditions.
The statement was made by the Deputy Governor of Bank Indonesia Budi S Rochadi in RDP with the Commission XI DPR-RI in the House of Representatives-RI, Jakarta, Tuesday (02/02/2010).
“The experience in Indonesia also shows there have been some banks are experiencing problems and successfully disehatkan, but there are some banks that eventually shut down,” Budi said.
Since 2004, BI closed bank notes are Asiatic Bank (2004), Bank Dagang Bali (2004), Global Bank (2005).
“Especially after the 2008 crisis there was a public bank that closed the Bank IFI and one commercial bank which saved the Bank Century,” he added.
For BPR, there are more Budi 9 banks also closed since 2004.
“We recorded the number of BI banks that as many as 121 banks still operating. Tuurn amount of 124 banks in 2008,” said Budi.
A total of 106 banks of which have Capital Adequacy Ratio (CAR) above 12% as of October 2009. “Of the total number of banks there are 11 banks that still have a core capital below Rp 100 billion,” he said.
