Online Gambling Accounts Keep Growing, OJK Chief to Deploy New 'Tactic'
Jakarta - The Financial Services Authority (OJK) has revealed the reason why the number of online gambling accounts continues to grow. According to the OJK’s presentation, around 32,000 accounts have been blocked to date.
OJK’s Chief Banking Supervisor, Dian Ediana Rae, stated that the increase in online gambling accounts is a shared concern. He outlined several steps to strengthen the eradication of online gambling.
Firstly, Dian said his agency will build closer collaboration with relevant ministries and institutions. Additionally, an integrated system will be developed between agencies and the banking industry to provide information on online gambling accounts.
“So that information related to online gambling accounts and those involved in online gambling can then be shared across all banking sectors,” Dian said during the OJK Banking Forum press conference at the Menara Radius Prawiro building on Tuesday.
He then highlighted the practice of buying and selling accounts, which he described as “very dangerous” for the Indonesian public. Consequently, Dian revealed that the OJK is building a system capable of accommodating various reports related to online gambling perpetrators.
“Now, if these people are entered into the blacklist, into what we call the perpetrator system, this will have fatal consequences,” Dian explained.
He noted that many people currently require banking and payment system services. Individuals who are placed on the blacklist in this system will subsequently be unable to access the banking system.
“Because being blacklisted will become a very serious problem,” Dian stressed.
On the same occasion, the Chairman of the National Banks Association (Perbanas), Hery Gunardi, stated that the banking industry will continue to coordinate with relevant ministries and agencies.
Hery noted that the number of online gambling perpetrators continues to grow because these activities involve websites, bank accounts, and telephone numbers.
Regarding bank accounts, Hery said banks will pay serious attention to accounts using a Fraud Detection System (FDS).
“The way to spot them is by looking for anomalous accounts. If, for example, there are small amounts continuously going into an account, that means there is something that needs to be suspected, and we will block it if we already know it is an account that must be watched,” explained Hery, who is also the President Director of PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia (Persero) Tbk.