Jakarta (ANTARA) – PT Bank Negara Indonesia (BNI) continues to seek to maximize the business potential of the diaspora community, including providing diaspora lending facilities to Axia Distribution located in Vancouver and Nai-Nai Noodles located in Toronto, Canada.

BNI Treasury and International Director Henry Panjaitan said that the BNI Diaspora Loan service, this time distributed by BNI New York, has also been effective in Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, England and in the United States.

“Diaspora Loan is a loan or credit provision for the Indonesian Diaspora and is designed in a comprehensive and careful to meet the needs of the Indonesian diaspora in developing their overseas business,” Henry said in an official statement in Jakarta on Monday.

Axia Distribution is an Indonesian Diaspora-owned company and has been established since 2004 in Vancouver. This company imports kitchen rugs from Indonesia for sale in Canada and the United States.

Meanwhile, Nai-Nai Noodles is a restaurant that sells Indonesian chicken noodles, which was founded two years ago by the Indonesian diaspora in Toronto named Sherlin.

During the virtual signing of the pledge, Sherlin of Nai-Nai Noodles said he felt very helpful and grateful for BNI New York’s support of his small and medium businesses.

On the same occasion, Axia Distribution declared that the loan from BNI New York had been very useful in developing its commercial activity.

Going forward, Henry added that BNI New York will continue to explore and play an active role in facilitating Indonesian Diaspora-owned MSME businesses in the US and Canada.

“With the mandate we have received as Indonesia’s global bank, of course, we will develop more innovation and business relationships to develop Indonesian businesses, especially in the United States and Canada,” he said. he added.

Indonesian Ambassador to Canada Daniel Tumpal Simanjuntak appreciated BNI’s proactive measures in Canada, which has 21,000 members of the Indonesian diaspora.

“The Indonesian Embassy in Ottawa and the Indonesian Consulate General in Toronto and Vancouver really appreciate BNI New York, which continues to be committed to facilitating the business development of the Indonesian diaspora in Canada,” he said. he concluded.

This news was broadcast on Antaranews.com with the title: BNI Expands Diaspora Lending Service to Canada