Rp 5 Trillion Credits for Small Businesses

The sharia-based bank BRI Syariah has set itself a target of providing Rp5 trillion in business financing credits for micro-small and medium-sized businesses (UMKM) this year, a BRI Syariah executive said.

"Now our credits in commercial financing worth Rp3 trillion are evenly provided to micro small and medium-sized and consumer businesses," Business Director of BRI Syariah Ari Purwandono said in a press release made available to ANTARA in Semarang, Central Java,on Sunday.

For that purpose, BRI Syariah would increase the number of its offices in business centers in the regions to exploit micro, small and medium business players, he said.