Indonesia

Capital / Liquidity

Indonesia’s OJK Issues New Rules to Streamline Financing for MSMEs

By Nithya Subramanian | 17/09/2025

The regulation compels lenders to ease requirements, lower costs, and adopt digital tools to help MSMEs gain faster access to financing.

Capital / Liquidity

Indonesia Injecting IDR 200 Trillion into Six State Owned Banks

By Editors | 12/09/2025

New finance minister explicitly bans state banks from using the liquidity boost to purchase government or central bank securities, aiming to force lending.

Fintech / Regtech

Indonesia, China Deepen Ties with Expanded LCT and QR Payment Pilot

By Editors | 12/09/2025

The central banks have upgraded their local currency settlement framework to cover all balance of payments items and are targeting a full QR payment link by year-end.

ESG / Sustainability

Hong Kong and Indonesia State Agencies Sign Pact on Financial Market Integration

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 12/09/2025

The agreement between Hong Kong’s FSDC and Indonesia’s IFG targets collaboration on sustainable finance, fintech, and insurance.

AML / KYC

Asia-Pacific Countries Join Forces to Battle USD 37 Billion Scams Industry

By Nathan Lynch | 10/09/2025

ASEAN nations are uniting against a $37B scam epidemic, deploying technology, intelligence sharing and education to protect citizens from increasingly sophisticated criminal threats.

Securities / Derivatives

Indonesia’s OJK Stresses Transparency in Use of Public Offering Funds

By Nithya Subramanian | 09/09/2025

The OJK has called on listed companies to uphold transparency and accountability in managing proceeds from public offerings, as market activity grows more complex.

Indonesia Allocates Funds Via State Banks to Develop Village Economies

By Nithya Subramanian | 05/09/2025

The Finance Ministry will channel IDR 16 trillion from its budget surplus to fund the Red and White Village Cooperatives programme.

AML / KYC

Southeast Asia Increasingly Shifting Scam Liability to Banks - Report

By Manesh Samtani | 01/09/2025

A new GASA report finds consumers in Southeast Asia lost an estimated USD 23.6 billion in the last year from scams.

Enforcement

Indonesia Police Freeze $10m in Online Gambling Crackdown

By Nithya Subramanian | 28/08/2025

The police force have frozen and seized 811 bank accounts linked to illegal online gambling, while three suspects tied to international betting sites have been arrested.