Wedding bells will soon chime for banks. Bank Indonesia (BI) announced the criteria for an anchor bank last Thursday. Obviously, such a financial institution must attain Good Performance Bank (BKB) status first before it can acquire other banks.

According to BI Deputy Governor, Siti Ch. Fadjrijah, BKB is a bank that for the previous three years has had a principal capital of at least Rp100 billion. It must also be healthy—at least occup