Saving Bank Mandiri
Bank Mandiri has taken a bold step in divulging names of big debtors. But the move must be accompanied by other firm steps.
June 20, 2006
AGUS Martowardojo is starting a new tradition for the Indonesian banking industry. Last Wednesday, courageously, the CEO of Bank Mandiri took a measure that had so far been considered taboo by bankers: announcing the names of big debtors in arrears in their loan installment payments. Traditionally, such a list is kept highly confidential by the board of the directors. It is as if the people who are also shouldering the burden of financing bank re
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