Indonesian Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin said he will visit the World Health Organization (WHO) in March 2023 for a meeting with the institution’s top officials. In Indonesian media he was quoted saying that he will urge WHO officials to revoke the pandemic status as the COVID-19 virus doesn’t pose a threat anymore in many countries, including Indonesia.

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Shares of Indonesian banks were hit hard on Friday (19/02) after Indonesia's Financial Services Authority (OJK) announced its plan to push state-owned banks net interest margin (NIM) to the range of 3 to 4 percent in a bid to lower the country's lending rates, hence boosting credit growth. NIM is the difference between interest income generated by banks and the amount of interest paid out to the lenders. A higher NIM implies that banks are more profitable. Currently, the average NIM for Indonesia's state-owned banks is between 7 - 8 percent.

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Otoritas Jasa Keuangan (OJK), lembaga Pemerintah yang mengatur dan mengawasi sektor jasa keuangan di Indonesia, menerbitkan sebuah roadmap untuk pengembangan berkelanjutan sektor keuangan, baik untuk jangka menengah (2015-2019) maupun jangka panjang (2015-2024). Ketua OJK Muliaman Hadad menjelaskan bahwa roadmap-roadmap ini, dibuat atas kerjasama dengan Kementerian Lingkungan Hidup dan Kehutanan, berisi panduan dan arahan untuk pengembangan sektor keuangan yang berkelanjutan di Indonesia.

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State-controlled Bank Mandiri, the leading bank in Indonesia in terms of asset size, will be allowed to open 20 branches in Malaysia after financial authorities in Indonesia and Malaysia signed an agreement. Although Muliaman D Hadad, Chief Commissioner at Indonesia’s Financial Services Authority (OJK), said that the government of Malaysia still needs to ratify the agreement, it is expected that Bank Mandiri will be able to open its Malaysian branches before the end of the year.

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