What is your forecast for Indonesia’s banking sector, given the revised economic outlook? How will it impact lending over the next 18 months?
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Interviews & Viewpoints | Alan Richards, CEO, HSBC Indonesia: Interview from The Report: Indonesia 2014
Articles & Analysis | Alternate channel growth: Mobile payment systems promise to expand the sector’s reach from The Report: Indonesia 2014
As banks seek to increase efficiency while expanding their reach, Bank Indonesia’s (BI) push towards mobile payments systems holds potential in a country whose under-banked population is spread over some 6000 inhabited islands and is largely rural. Mobile payments hold the promise of cutting costs, expanding access and driving banks’ fee revenue...
Articles & Analysis | Weathering the storm: Creating the tools to handle natural disasters from The Report: Indonesia 2014
As one of the countries most exposed to natural catastrophes (NatCat) such as earthquakes and floods, Indonesia’s relatively low insurance penetration has historically meant that the government must shoulder the lion’s share of losses. With earthquake and flood policies usually sold as standalone covers, a growing incidence of catastrophes has...
Interviews & Viewpoints | Elvyn Gaji Masassya, President Director, Social Security Agency (BPJS): Interview from The Report: Indonesia 2014
How do you assess the roll out of the new social security system so far, and what remaining challenges will there be before full implementation?
Articles & Analysis | Letter of the law: The legal framework is catching up with sector growth from The Report: Indonesia 2014
After taking over from the Indonesia Capital Market and Financial Institution Supervisory Agency, the new Financial Services Authority (OJK) is leading a regulatory overhaul of the sector. More aggressive than its predecessor, OJK is implementing new governance rules for underwriters and has set new premium tariffs and caps on commissions for...
Interviews & Viewpoints | Tim Shields, President Director, ACE Jaya Proteksi: Interview from The Report: Indonesia 2014
ter regulated because it is larger and longer established. The general sector must now try to rise to that level. Too many small players in a marketplace drives prices down, and this, by reducing margins, limits the services companies can deliver.
What lessons can the younger and still-developing general sector learn from the larger...