Government Appointed 11 Partner Banks

Tempo Interactive, Tuesday, 29 December, 2009 | 15:38 WIB

TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta: Finance Department announced on Tuesday (29/12) the appointment of eight government banks that will support budget distribution in regions and three private banks to support government revenue collection for 2010 – 2012.

The eight banks consist of three national banks - Bank Mandiri, Bank Rakyat Indonesia, Bank Negara Indonesia - and five branches of the Regional Development Bank in North Sumatra, Bengkulu Province, West Kalimantan, South Sulawesi, and Maluku Province.

The three banks appointed to collect government tax and non tax revenues (except export import taxes) are CIMB Niaga, Bank Central Asia, and Citibank.

The finance department estimated around Rp210 billion in state revenue could be collected by the banks during 2010 – 2012 with potential costs of around Rp209 million.

RIEKA RAHADIANA