Bank Mandiri targets 500,000 customers "Laku Pandai"

MAKASSAR, [IFN] ---  PT Bank Mandiri (Persero) Tbk nationally targeting 500,000 new customers in the Financial Services Without Office programs in the framework of Inclusive Finance (Laku Pandai/ "Practice Smart") in 2015.

"Nationally, we are the target of 500,000 new customers this year, but from the FSA target 50 million in four to five years," said President Director of PT Bank Mandiri (Persero) Tbk, Budi G Sadikin, after the launch of the Smart Practice program in Gowa, South Sulawesi on Saturday.

In terms of the number of agents, a national bank is targeting more than 9,000 agents until the end of the 2015's.

Smart Behavior Program, said Sadikin, provide a range of benefits and convenience to the public.

"So if you had to save us should be to the bank, now enough to stall, or to a store that has become the agent banks that are closer and more numerous," he said.

"In addition, we no longer need to fill out the form as if the transaction in the bank, enough with the phone, the transaction can be as easy as sending sms," he explained.

He further explained the Bank strongly supports Intelligent Behavior service, because the program is believed to encourage equitable access to financial services for all levels of Indonesian society.

Research data Independent Institute says that only about 52 percent of Indonesia's population has access to financial services, much lower than in Malaysia which has reached 66 percent, and Thailand are recorded at 73 percent.

Low access to financial services can impact on the financial sector's contribution to economic growth in Indonesia are also low.

Meanwhile, Chairman of the Board of the Financial Services Authority (FSA), Hadad D Hadad, said it is targeting the Smart Practice agent for this year reached 30,000 agents, of the four banks that are currently licensed to implement this program.

This program, said Hadad, also gives the advantage to the bank to penetrate the market directly into the community.

"Banks are now no longer need to build the office if you want to get into the area, replacement of office is an agent," he said.

Bank launched the Intelligent Behavior in Birds Market, Gowa, South Sulawesi. The event was attended by hundreds of Gowa who seemed enthusiastic.

One visitor, grocery store owner in Gowa, Ida Farida expressed interest in becoming an agent Clever Independent Practice.

"I am interested to be an agent, I will come to the branch office of Bank Mandiri, to be explained further," he said.

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