Jeffrey Tan, Head of Consumer, Private and Business Banking (CPBB) Indonesia, Standard Chartered said: “This collaboration aligns with the bank’s strategy to grow assets in the consumer digital banking space through partnerships with fintech and digital finance. It also supports Standard Chartered’s sustainability agenda of lifting participation by providing access to finance to the Indonesian public. This partnership with Kredit Pintar will pave the way for our collaboration with partners to offer more financial products and client solutions jointly in other key markets in the future.”
Wisely Wijaya, Director of Kredit Pintar, said, “The roll-out of this strategic partnership with the Kredit Pintar brand is further proof of our investors’ and partners’ trust in us to use technology to drive sustainable financial inclusion, for both consumers and small businesses, in Indonesia. We see great synergy in this partnership and its vision of accelerating financial access to products and services to the underserved and underbanked in Indonesia, all easily accessible via their mobile devices.”
Wawan Salum, CEO of Atome Financial Indonesia, said, “This partnership is one of the major strategic investments to support the fintech industry in Indonesia. We’re proud that Indonesia is the first market in the region to launch this Standard Chartered partnership, first with our consumer digital lending brand Kredit Pintar, and eventually will be with Atome Indonesia to expand its buy now pay later retail network.”
Through this partnership, Standard Chartered is well positioned to support Indonesia’s goals to accelerate the adoption of digital financial services in the country. Data from Indonesia’s Financial Services Authority (OJK,) showed that the accumulated national lending through fintech increased to USD 20.4 billion (IDR 295.85 trillion) in December 2021, compared to USD 10.75 billion (IDR 155.90 trillion) in December 2020 . This data presents encouraging potentials of the fintech sector to support Indonesia’s economic growth. The bank is also keen to collaborate further with Atome in Indonesia and will be exploring the extension of buy now pay later facilities at a later stage.
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