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Double Burden Weighs on State-Owned Banks in Prabowo’s Era

Monday, November 3, 2025

The government’s Rp200 trillion fund placed in state-owned banks is nearly exhausted for business loans. Yet distribution to red-and-white village cooperatives remains minimal.

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A customer conducts a financial transaction at the BNI Agen46 counter of the Red- and-White Subdistrict Cooperative (KKMP) Jatimakmur, Bekasi, West Java, on October 29, 2025. Antara/Asprilla Dwi Adha. tempo : 177661980031.

A MONTH has passed since Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa moved Rp200 trillion (about US$12 billion) of government funds from Bank Indonesia’s account to state-owned banks, or the State-Owned Banks Association (Himbara). The minister claimed the funds have nearly all been distributed as loans to the business sector. However, very little has flowed to the red-and-white village cooperatives. “It’s not on my end, it&rsq

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Ghoida Rahma, Riani Sanusi, Ilona Esterina, Nandito Putra, and Anastasya Lavenia contributed to the writing of this article. 

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