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financial-literacy

Business 5 years ago

ASEAN's youth learns financial resilience during pandemic

Some 31 percent of respondents also found new business models and new ways to improve income. The trend is especially true for entrepreneurs aged 26 to 35.

Opinion 6 years ago

Let's talk hand-in-hand financial inclusion and literacy ... before P2P

Indonesians have access to a wide range of fintech services without the sufficient financial literacy to take advantage of them or to protect themselves from the risks – and this could disrupt financial sector development in the country.

Business 6 years ago

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Fintech boosts financial inclusion by creating access for unbanked: Survey

According to the 2018 Financial Inclusion Insights survey, 55.7 percent of the respondents had formal financial accounts with banks, fintech companies or cooperatives in 2018.

Lifestyle 6 years ago

Young people are starving for classes on finance, tips on taxes

Gen Z is veering into the world of student loans, first apartments and financial burdens -- and they’re hungry for help in figuring it all out.

Opinion 8 years ago

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Financial literacy for financial stability

Limited access to formal bank savings products should attract particular attention.

Lifestyle 8 years ago

Five money mistakes I made before 30

The older we get, the more financial responsibilities we have.

Editorial 8 years ago

EDITORIAL: Preventing investment fraud

In the first nine months of this year alone, the OJK’s financial education and financial consumer protection division closed down 48 illegal financial service/investment companies before they hit a large number of victims.

Business 9 years ago

Indonesian government, financial authorities turn to youngsters to boost literacy

Given Indonesia’s young population, the government and financial authorities are turning to students and youngsters to boost the country’s painfully low financial literacy rate. It is estimated that less than a third of the country’s population own bank accounts.

Business 9 years ago

Proportion of financially illiterate Indonesians at 80% due to infrastructure gap

President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has expressed his concern over the lack of infrastructure in the country leading to a low financial literacy level of just 21.8 percent. This means, in effect, that around 80 percent of Indonesians are financially illiterate.