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Micro, retail to remain Mandiris focus

State-owned lender Bank Mandiri will continue focusing on micro and retail business in the
coming years as the two provide the highest margin for the bank compared to other
segments, according to its executives.

Mandiri vice president director Riswinandi said the focus on micro and retail was part of
its rebalancing plan.

We want micro and retail to make up 35 percent of total operations from 25 percent in
previous years, while we are aiming for wholesale to make up 65 percent from 75 percent,
he said in a press conference during the 2014 Investor Summit and Capital Market Expo on
Wednesday.

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He added that the bigger focus on micro and retail would provide the publicly listed lender
with a better income margin as the overall banking industry was facing a margin squeeze
due to the tight monetary policy.

Data from Mandiris first-half financial report shows that the amount of loans channeled to
the micro sector reached Rp 30.96 trillion (US$2.6 billion) by the end of June, while those
disbursed to the retail or consumer sector stood at Rp 60.3 trillion.

Mandiri claims to control the second-largest share in the domestic micro lending market
after state-owned lender Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BRI).

Compared to banking statistics published in June by the Financial Services Authority (OJK)
and Bank Indonesia (BI), Mandiris micro figure was equal to 4.7 percent of outstanding
micro loans.

The segment is also targeted by other banks looking to gain higher profitability, so we
need to have a solid foothold in the sector, Riswinandi said.

Mandiri micro and retail banking director Hery Gunardi said that it targeted a 28 to 30
percent increase in micro lending this year. It means that the lender will see the loans surge
to between Rp 34.56 trillion and Rp 35.1 trillion, up from the Rp 27 trillion booked in 2013.

We are planning to open 300 new micro lending outlets and have opened up more than
half of the target, Hery said.

In retail, Mandiri senior executive vice president on consumer finance Tardi said that
mortgage and auto loans would remain its major growth drivers, even though the mortgage
market had been recently affected by BIs down payment regulation.

As previously reported, the regulation requires customers to provide a higher down
payment on their second and third home purchases. The homes must have also already
been built upon purchase.

Our mortgage is quite stagnant at the moment because of the new rule, but our automotive
financing has bounced back after a slight decline during the Idul Fitri holidays, Tardi said.

Mandiri hopes to achieve a 33 percent increase year-on-year (y-o-y) in automotive
financing and a 10 to 15 percent y-o-y mortgage rise in 2014.

Meanwhile, the lender now the largest lender in terms of assets in Indonesia is
looking to boost retail or low-cost deposits by expanding transaction services, such as
electronic banking.

We cannot rely solely on time deposits because that tends to create price wars among
banks, Riswinandi said, adding that it would maintain the portion of low-cost funds at
more than 60 percent of total funding.

In the first half, the low-cost deposits figure was already equal to 62 percent of total
funding.

Mandiris shares ended at Rp 10,275 on Wednesday at the Indonesia Stock Exchange, up
1.2 percent from a day before.

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