SMBC Indonesia

23 February 2012

SMBCI RAISES CAPABILITIES OF MICRO ENTREPRENEURS IN SOLO


Solo - Thursday, February 23rd 2012. PT Bank Tabungan Pensiunan Nasional Tbk (SMBCI) held the empowerment program that we call with "Daya" in Karang Gede branch office of SMBCI | mitra usaha rakyat, Jl. Prawiro Dipdoyo RT 002/RW/003, Solo, Jateng. "Daya" is a measure and sustainable empowerment program that has purpose to increase customers capacity, such as pensioners, micro and small business entrepreneur, and grass root community. Suci Winarta - SMBCI Regional Business Leader Solo with Elmansyah - SMBCI Deputy Regional Business Leader Solo attended this activity.

Suci explained, "SMBCI develop "Daya" based on our business model that integrates the social mission with business mission, what we also know as "Do Good Do Well". SMBCI believe that our participation to help our customers society, will gives positive impact to increase our customer capacity and also for SMBCI performance."

SMBCI commitment to continuously increase customer capacity, by giving the opportunity to growth so they can have a better life, through three pillars, Daya Sehat Sejahtera, Daya Tumbuh Usaha, and Daya Tumbuh Komunitas.

This event is part of "Daya Tumbuh Usaha" activities. Daya Tumbuh Usaha, said Suci, is a practical business development training and also gives the capital to micro and small business entrepreneur. This training used "Bang Handal" module". "Bang Handal" training module gives practical tips of money management for micro entrepreneur, so they can have a better systematic financial record and more manageable.

Not only "Bang Handal" training module, Daya Tumbuh Usaha has others training module, such as "Kak CItra", "Kak Laris", and "Mbak Puspa". "Kak Citra" Modul gives practical tips for micro entrepreneur to develop their brand product, so they can have a strong identity that will easily remember by customers. At the end, it will gives positive impact to their business. "Kak Laris" module also gives practical tips how to raised their profit and make their customer become a loyal customer, then "Mbak Puspa" module gives practical tips in inventory control.

"In national wide, “Daya” beneficiaries until January 2012 are 226.283 customers. Our beneficiaries are mass market customers, such as pensioners, micro and small business entrepreneur, and grass root community," said Suci.

Suci also said that empowerment program from SMBCI get positive response from SMBCI customers. Based on the measurement from activity evaluation, customer’s satisfaction rate in average is more that 90%.

We hope through this empowerment program Daya Tumbuh Usaha will increase capacity of SMBCI's customer, specially the micro entrepreneur so they can grow their business better," explained Suci. 


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SMBC Indonesia in brief

PT Bank SMBC Indonesia Tbk (SMBC Indonesia)—formerly PT Bank BTPN Tbk (Bank BTPN)—is a foreign exchange bank resulting from the merger of PT Bank Tabungan Pensiunan Nasional Tbk (BTPN) and PT Bank Sumitomo Mitsui Indonesia in February 2019. Driven by the spirit of "Do Good, Be Great," SMBC Indonesia aims to create more meaningful growth for society through innovative and comprehensive financial solutions centred on meeting customers' needs across various segments. SMBC Indonesia provides products and services such as green financing, products and services for retired customers, for micro, small, and medium enterprise customers, for large national, multinational, and Japanese corporations, wealth management services through Sinaya, as well as digital banking services for digital-savvy communities through Jenius. Additionally, SMBC Indonesia has subsidiaries, including PT Bank BTPN Syariah Tbk, serving customers from productive underprivileged communities, and financing companies PT Oto Multiartha (OTO) for four-wheel vehicles and PT Summit Oto Finance (SOF) for two-wheel vehicles. SMBC Indonesia's commitment to positively and sustainably impacting the broader community is also reflected through Daya. This sustainable and measurable empowerment program offers regular training to enhance personal capabilities and capabilities for a more meaningful life.