Encouraging Economic Strengthening in the Islamic Boarding School Environment, Bank DKI Builds Collaboration with Habitren DKI Jakarta

Jakarta – As an effort to realize economic empowerment in the Islamic boarding school environment, Bank DKI through the Sharia Business Unit together with the Islamic Boarding School Business Economic Association (HEBITREN) signed a joint Memorandum of Understanding which was held in Jakarta (23/10). The memorandum of understanding was signed by the Director of Retail & Sharia of Bank DKI, Mr Henky Oktavianus together with the chairman of the Islamic Boarding School Business Economic Association (HEBITREN) DKI Jakarta Province, Mr KH. Muhammad Asy'ari Akbar, M.Si and witnessed by the Chairman of the Sharia Supervisory Board of Bank DKI, Mr. Muhammad Maksum.

This event is also part of the commemoration of Santri Day which falls on October 22 2023, with the theme "Jihad Santri, Jayakan Negeri". Apart from the symbolic signing, the event was also enlivened by the appearance of the Hadroh Team at Al-Islah Islamic Boarding School, Jakarta, as well as a talk show with the theme "Optimizing KJP Assistance for Islamic Boarding School operations".

Director of Technology and Operations, concurrently Acting Principal Director of Bank DKI, Amirul Wicaksono, on a different occasion said that this collaboration is Bank DKI's effort to optimize sharia banking services by building cooperation between institutions. "Bank DKI welcomes this positive collaboration with Hebitren DKI Jakarta Province, as part of economic empowerment by utilizing the activity of Islamic boarding school business units, as well as business actors who are active in them," said Amirul.

For your information, the scope of collaboration between Bank DKI and Hebitren includes the use of sharia banking products and services, where Bank DKI will provide access to various banking products ranging from third party fund products, financing, agencies, as well as various sharia-based digital services to the ecosystem under the auspices of Hebitren.

Apart from that, through a partnership scheme, this collaboration also has the scope of developing sharia financial institutions based on Islamic boarding school cooperatives, developing business incubators for Islamic boarding school students, partnerships for the Micro Waqf Bank (BWM) program, as well as other business collaborations that provide mutual benefits for both parties.

Hebitren itself is a forum for strengthening the independence of Islamic boarding schools which is aimed at encouraging accelerated economic strengthening of existing business units in Islamic boarding schools, with 110 Islamic Boarding Schools as members. The founding of Hebitren also coincided with the first Indonesia Sharia Economic Festival (ISEF) in 2014 which was held in Surabaya by Bank Indonesia.

Bank DKI Corporate Secretary, Arie Rinaldi added, Bank DKI through the Sharia Business Unit continues to expand and optimize the performance of Sharia banking services, one of which is by implementing the Dual Banking Leverage Model (DBLM), as a banking service solution for customers who want a choice of sharia products and services. "Bank DKI also provides the convenience of various sharia banking services digitally, namely through the JakOne Mobile Super Apps starting from the features for opening savings accounts and iB deposits. Furthermore, users can also make it easier to pay various bills, including taxes and levies, as well as paying Zakat and donations at various institutions," concluded Arie.