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Indonesia: BNI Awarded for Driving Financial Inclusion Among People With Disabilities
Source: Jakarta Globe
State-owned bank BNI recently took home an award that recognized its efforts to help drive financial inclusion for people with disabilities. The award, which was given by the Financial Services Authority (OJK), recognizes BNI's initiatives to help micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) owned by people with disabilities through financing. This awarding ceremony is also part of the Financial Inclusion Month program.
According to BNI’s corporate secretary Okki Rushartomo, the 2023 Financial Inclusion Month has become a momentum for the bank to provide digital literacy for people, including MSMEs. The bank also has the BNI Agen46 to serve those in remote areas that are unreachable by physical branches.
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