ABN AMRO Ready to Launch Shariah Service
Bank January 28th, 2011
ABN AMRO plans to launch Islamic banking services (Islamic Banking) as the development of international banking services in Indonesia.
“Islamic banking model, like that already exist in Indonesia. The plan Islamic Banking from ABN AMRO is to be operational in April 2008,” said the Country Head of Business Banking ABN AMRO Indonesia, Madi D Blue in Bandung, Tuesday.
Not mentioned earlier capital that will for Islamic banking from the bank. According to Madi everything was done market research and exploration.
“We still do an assessment and consultation with several prominent scholars in here, set up the infrastructure and assess appropriate service models for customers,” he said.
He acknowledged, the market potential for Islamic banking in Indonesia is quite large because the majority Muslim population. According to him, some customers assume that banking is more acceptable.
“Honestly, I see the development of such a bank was quite good. ABN AMRO always see the market demand, and it was a consideration for entry into that service,” he said.
However, he added, his side are still seeing demand from the public or potential customers.
“In principle we continue to get closer to customers in Indonesia,” he said.
ABN AMRO is a leading international bank with more than 4,500 branches in 53 countries. In Indonesia, the bank stood at 10 major cities with 15 branches namely in Bandung, Balikpapan, Denpasar, Jakarta, Manado, Makassar, Surabaya, Semarang, and Solo.
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