An Overview on Peer-To-Peer Lending in Indonesia [Brought to You by IABF]
BY Muhammad Ryan Dwi Saputra |
Two years following the enactment of Financial Service Authority (Otoritas Jasa Keuangan/"OJK) Regulation No. 77/POJK.01/2016 of 2016 (POJK 77/2016), Peer-to-Peer Lending (P2P Lending) has grown popular in Indonesia. Based on data from OJK per Oct. 2018, a total of 15,990,143,141,355 rupiah has been distributed to the borrowers in P2P Lending. It has grown 432.5% from Jan. 2018 until Oct. 2018. Until Dec. 2018, the number of P2P Lending Platform, which has been registered and supervised by OJK has reached 88 companies, one of them has been given a license.