President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo called on banks to diversify their loan disbursement to micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to help them expand their businesses. “I see the debtors [of banks] are the same people over the years. I want more people to have access to banks,” he said at a Financial Services Authority (OJK) […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR: Top palm oil producers Indonesia and Malaysia on Thursday criticised the European Union for backing a ban on the use of palm oil in biofuels, with a Malaysian minister calling the move a protectionist trade barrier and a form of “crop apartheid”. European lawmakers approved draft measures on Wednesday to reform the power […]
Read MoreTEMPO.CO, Jakarta – President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) calls on every party, including the financial industry, to be aware of the imminent industrial revolution 4.0. “I think the financial industry must also prepare itself to carry out this fourth revolution,” said the seventh Indonesian president at the 2018 Annual Meeting of Financial Services Industry on Thursday, January 18. According […]
Read MorePETALING JAYA: Malaysia’s exports will continue to grow this year, although at a slower pace following blistering performance in 2017. Socio-Economic Research Centre (SERC) executive director Lee Heng Guie expects the country’s total exports to grow by 7.5% this year, as compared to the forecast 19.8% expansion last year. Despite the projected slower pace of […]
Read MoreTEMPO.CO, Jakarta – The government is conducting data collection in order to formulate the rules of electronic commerce or e-commerce. Head of the Central Bureau of Statistics Suhariyanto said the data collection is targeted to be completed by the end of February 2018. “We hope the rough idea will be done at the end of February,” Suhariyanto said […]
Read MoreThe Central Statistics Agency (BPS) has started to collect data on e-commerce, the results of which will be used to help the government introduce a policy on the industry. Communications and Information Minister Rudiantara said for the initial step, the BPS would focus on the data collection of certain business sectors including transportation, specialty stores, […]
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