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Banks under IBRA supervision unveiled

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Banks under IBRA supervision unveiled

JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Finance Fuad Bawazier yesterday
named the 40 commercial banks placed under the supervision of the
Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA) as part of efforts to
overhaul the ailing banking sector.

When announcing the list, Fuad called on the public not to
rush to withdraw their savings because the government guaranteed
all deposits held in the banks.

"Placing the banks under IBRA will not affect depositors
because all domestic banks are covered by the government's
guarantee scheme," Fuad said.

The list of banks did not include the seven suspended by IBRA
on April 4, or the seven placed under the agency's management on
the same date.

The 40 banks included three state banks, 11 provincial
development banks and 26 private banks. (see table)

However, Fuad said that of the 40 banks, the three state
banks, one provincial development bank and four private banks had
subsequently improved their standing and left IBRA supervision.

The three state banks listed were Bank Bumi Daya (BBD), Bank
Pembangunan Indonesia (Bapindo) and Bank Dagang Negara.

Fuad said they were placed under IBRA supervision along with
state Bank Ekspor Impor Indonesia (Exim) as part of plans to
merge the four.

But the plan was changed and only BBD and Bapindo were merged.
The three banks were therefore released from IBRA supervision, he
added.

The government is expected to inject fresh capital into Bank
Exim shortly so that the bank can once again begin to operate
normally under its own management. The bank was among the seven
banks brought under IBRA management earlier this month.

Of the 11 provincial development banks initially placed on the
list, only South Sumatra Provincial Development Bank managed to
improve its standing and leave IBRA supervision after raising
its capital adequacy ratio (CAR) to above 5 percent. It has not
received liquidity credits from Bank Indonesia.

The 26 private banks placed under IBRA supervision were mostly
smaller banks, including Bank Bira, Ficorinvest Bank, Bank Papan
Sejahtera and Bank Umum Servitia, which are listed on the Jakarta
Stock Exchange. The latter subsequently left IBRA supervision
after it too increased its capital adequacy ratio to over 5
percent.

Three other banks -- Bank Kharisma, Bank Nasional Komersial
and Bank Sri Partha -- have also left IBRA supervision for the
same reason.

Fuad also said four banks under IBRA supervisions, Bank
Nasional, Bank Nusa Internasional, Bank Angkasa and Bank Nasional
Komersial, had requested a merger. The request has been improved
in principle, Fuad added.

IBRA, a government body set up in January to help rehabilitate
the banking sector, takes over the management of banks considered
to be vulnerable or possess a weakened financial profile. It has
wide-ranging powers to restructure such banks, including changing
bank shareholders, selling assets, and arranging merger.

A number of criteria are used to determine which banks are
placed under its direct supervision. These criteria are used to
place the banks in one of three categories.

Category A banks are those which have received liquidity
credits from the central bank equivalent to more than five times
their total equity, or equal to 74 percent of their total assets.
The seven suspended banks are in this category.

Category B banks are those which have received government
liquidity credits in excess of Rp 2 trillion (US$250 million), or
an equivalent sum equal to more than five times their total
equity. The seven banks now under the management of IBRA are
classified thus.

Category C banks have received liquidity credits equivalent to
more than 200 percent of their capital and which have a capital
adequacy ratio below 5 percent. (prb/rid)

A. Suspended banks (April 4, 1998)

1. Bank Kredit Asia

2. Bank Pelita

3. Bank Subentra

4. Bank Surya

5. Centris International Bank

6. Deka Bank

7. Hokindo Bank

B. Bank managements taken over by IBRA

1. Bank Dagang Nasional Indonesia

2. Bank Danamon

3. Bank Expor-Impor Indonesia

4. Bank PDFCI

5. Bank Tiara Asia

6. Bank Umum Nasional

7. Modern Bank

C. Banks placed under IBRA supervision

Private banks:

1. Bank Aken

2. Bank Asia Pacific

3. Bank Baja International

4. Bank Bira

5. Bank Central Dagang

6. Bank Dagang dan Industri

7. Bank Danahutama

8. Bank Dewa Rutji

9. Bank Ficorinvest

10. Bank Intan

11. Bank Lautan Berlian

12. Bank Nasional

13. Bank Nusa International

14. Bank Papan Sejahtera

15. Bank Patriot

16. Bank Putra Surya

17. Bank Sewu

18. Bank Tabungan Pensiun Nasional

19. Bank Tata

20. Bank Uppindo

21. Bank Pesona Kriya Dana (formerly Bank Utama)

22. Indomitra Development Bank

Provincial banks:

1. BPD Daerah Istimewa Aceh

2. BPD Jawa Timur

3. BPD Kalimantan Barat

4. BPD Lampung

5. BPD Maluku

6. BPD Nusa Tenggara Barat

7. BPD Nusa Tenggara Timur

8. BPD Sulawesi Tengah

9. BPD Sulawesi Utara

10. BPD Sumatera Utara

D. Banks withdrwan from supervision

State banks:

1. Bank Bumi Daya

2. Bank Dagang Negara

3. Bank Pembangunan Indonesia

Private banks:

1. Bank Kharisma

2. Bank Nasional Komersial

3. Bank Sri Partha

4. Bank Umum Servitia

Provincial bank:

1. BPD South Sumatra

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