4 December 2020

Maybank Indonesia Announces the Winners of Writing Competition for Journalists 2020

Jakarta, 4 December 2020-PT Bank Maybank Indonesia Tbk (Maybank Indonesia) announced the winners of Maybank Indonesia Writing Competition for Journalists with total prizes of Rp75 million.

As the single theme of this writing competition is Indonesia in the Era of Financial and Digital Economy with M2U Mobile Banking, as One of the Digital Payment Platforms.  Indonesia's population of 267 million people with a very high number of mobile internet users makes Indonesia has great potential to enter the era of digital economy and finance. The Covid-19 pandemic with the implementation of the scale social restrictions (PSBB) and social distancing has provided room for an acceleration in the era of the digital economy and finance. Limited mobility has changed consumer behavior to do more on-line shopping transactions. This has encouraged increased acceptance and utilization of digital payments, of which the M2U mobile banking platform is one of them.

The Committee received 39 published articles written by 29 journalists from printed media (daily and magazine), newswire and online media.  Articles were assesed and rated by Juries which consists of Independent Commissioner of Maybank Indonesia Achjar Iljas; Director, Community Financial Services of Maybank Indonesia Stefano Ridwan; Chief Strategy, Transformation, & Digital Officer of Maybank Indonesia Michel Hamilton; and Head, Governance of Maybank Indonesia Esti Nugraheni.

Based on Juries’ assessment, the winners are as follows:

"We are very pleased by the response and the enthusiasm of the media colleagues who have participated in this competition," said Tommy Hersyaputera, Head, Corporate & Brand Communications of Maybank Indonesia. "We saw all of the works we received reflect  written works that can add value to journalistic works, but also serve as a mean to educate  the public on the latest developments in digital banking," he added.

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Notes to editors

Maybank Indonesia is one of the largest banks in Indonesia that has a regional or international network of the Maybank Group. Maybank Indonesia provides a comprehensive range of products and services for individual and corporate customers through Community Financial Services and Global Banking, as well as automotive financing through subsidiaries, WOM Finance for two-wheeled vehicles and Maybank Finance for four-wheeled vehicles. Maybank Indonesia also continues to develop Digital Banking services and capacity through Mobile Banking, Internet Banking, Maybank M2U (mobile banking based internet banking) and various other channels.

As of 30 September 2020, Maybank Indonesia has 362 branches including Syariah branches spread across Indonesia as well as one overseas branch (Mumbai, India), 22 Mobile Cash Cars and 1,480 ATMs including CDM (Cash Deposit Machine) connected with over 20,000 ATMs incorporated in ATM PRIMA, ATM BERSAMA, ALTO, CIRRUS, and connected to 3,500 Maybank ATMs in Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei. Until the end of September 2020, Maybank Indonesia manages customer deposits amounting to Rp116.6 trillion and has total assets valued at Rp177.3 trillion.

For more information, please contact:
Tommy Hersyaputera, Head, Corporate & Brand Communications
Email: CCommunications@maybank.co.id
Ph: +6221 2922-8888