BRI Responds Positively to Purbaya's Plan to Extend Placement of SAL Funds

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA – PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia Tbk (BRI) has responded positively to the plan by Indonesian Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa to extend the placement of Surplus Budget Funds (SAL) amounting to IDR 200 trillion to state-owned banks.

The Director of Treasury and International Banking at PT BRI, Farida Thamrin, stated that this plan is good news for the company. The government is extending the maturity date of the SAL fund placement to September 2026 from the original March 2026.

“This is very positive. With this extension of the SAL, we are increasingly confident that banking liquidity stability will be well maintained. And of course, if liquidity stability is maintained, then the transmission of fiscal policy to the real sector will also be better maintained,” said Farida during a virtual press conference on BRI’s 2025 Performance, Thursday (February 26, 2026).

Furthermore, Farida explained that BRI has received a total of IDR 80 trillion in SAL funds. Of this, IDR 55 trillion is part of the total IDR 200 trillion allocated to all state-owned banks. BRI received a second phase of funds amounting to IDR 25 trillion, but this was short-term and will not be extended.

“Of the total SAL funds, BRI has allocated loans to debtors. There are various segments to which we provide loans, ranging from micro, SME, consumer, and a small portion to corporate. However, for BRI, the majority of the loans are channeled to the micro sector, almost reaching 50 percent,” she said.

Farida added that, from the perspective of the sector or its impact on the economy, the distribution covers almost all real sectors, both large and retail, such as the agriculture, forestry, and fisheries sectors, and several other real sectors that support national economic growth.

“Looking at this extension of the SAL, we are very optimistic that banking credit growth in the future will be positive,” she said.