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Indonesia Diagnostic Review of Consumer Protection and Financial Literacy

Core Content Overview

This report presents a comprehensive diagnostic review of consumer protection and financial literacy in Indonesia, conducted by the World Bank in 2013. It covers six key financial sectors: Banking, Securities, Insurance, Non-Bank Credit Institutions, Private Pensions, and Credit Reporting. The review is based on the World Bank's Good Practices for Financial Consumer Protection and aims to assess the legal, regulatory, and institutional frameworks in relation to these standards.

Main Findings

• Complex Financial Sector: Indonesia has a highly complex financial sector with a wide variety and large number of institutions, particularly in the non-bank credit sector, which includes multi-finance companies, pawnshops, and savings and loan cooperatives. The total number of formal and semiformal providers in the non-bank sector is estimated at more than 220,000.

• Financial Education and Consumer Protection Focus: The Indonesian authorities have shown a strong commitment to financial education and consumer protection, as evidenced by the 5 Pillars of the National Strategy for Financial Inclusion, the Maya Declaration, the FCP Regulation, and the National Financial Literacy Blueprint.

• OJK's Role: Otoritas Jasa Keuangan (OJK) is the primary regulator for consumer protection in the financial sector, responsible for banking, insurance, capital markets, pension funds, and other financial institutions. However, OJK does not separate its prudential and consumer protection functions, which may lead to conflicts of interest.

• Regulatory Gaps and Overlaps: There are significant overlaps and inconsistencies between existing consumer protection laws, including the Consumer Law of 1999, the Bank Transparency Regulation of 2006, and the Insurance Good Corporate Governance Regulation of 2012, and the new FCP Regulation. This creates legal uncertainty and a fragmented regulatory environment.

• Lack of Coordination: There is no formal coordination mechanism between key regulators such as BI, OJK, MC, and MoT, despite overlapping responsibilities. This is a concern, especially as new laws are implemented.

• Inadequate Consumer Protection Tools: Financial institutions and regulators do not systematically use tools such as mystery shopping, customer focus groups, or analysis of customer complaints to improve consumer protection.

• Limited Resources: OJK's Consumer Protection and Education Commission has fewer than 10 staff members, and MC lacks the necessary resources and expertise to effectively supervise consumer protection matters.

• Fragmented Dispute Resolution Systems: The current systems for resolving external disputes are fragmented, with multiple bodies and no clear, binding mechanisms for financial institutions. The new ADR system under the FCP Regulation is not yet fully operational or transparent.

• Insufficient Financial Literacy Initiatives: While the FCP Regulation mandates financial literacy programs, there are gaps in the implementation and coordination of these programs, with BI and OJK working independently on data collection and program development.

Key Recommendations

The report includes the following main recommendations:

Institutional Arrangements

• Separate Prudential and Market Conduct Functions: Consider separating prudential and market conduct supervisory functions within OJK.
• Develop Specific Resources and Tools: Enhance OJK's capacity with specific resources, tools, and expertise for implementing consumer protection and market conduct regulations.
• Establish Coordination Mechanisms: Create coordination and consultation arrangements between key regulators, such as through a Memorandum of Understanding.
• Form a Financial Literacy Technical Working Group: Implement a working group involving all relevant stakeholders to coordinate financial literacy efforts.
• Develop Guidelines for Provincial Authorities: Provide guidelines for provincial authorities with delegated supervision of savings and loan cooperatives and microfinance institutions.
• Enhance Investor Protection Fund Capacity: Develop the capacity of the Investor Protection Fund and related statutory bodies.

Legal and Regulatory Framework

• Consolidate Consumer Protection Laws: Eliminate or minimize overlap between the FCP Regulation, Consumer Law, and other existing regulations, and consolidate the consumer protection regime.
• Develop Financial Literacy Guidelines: Create guidelines for financial institutions required to implement financial literacy programs under Article 14 of the FCP Regulation.
• Provide Regulatory Flexibility: Introduce regulatory flexibility to address consumer protection issues related to innovative products and distribution channels.
• Enhance Legal Framework for Credit Reporting: Improve the legal and regulatory framework for consumer protection in credit reporting.
• Create Consumer Protection Laws for Private Pensions: Develop specific consumer protection laws or regulations for private pension products.

Transparency and Disclosure

• Implement Specific Disclosure Requirements: Develop specific disclosure requirements for different financial products, including Key Facts Statements.
• Introduce Total Cost of Credit Requirements: Establish requirements for the total cost of credit disclosures.
• Standardize Reporting and Create Comparison Site: Introduce standardized reporting for private pension funds and establish a centralized comparison website.

Business Practices

• Strengthen Product Suitability Assessments: Enhance obligations for product suitability and affordability assessments through regulatory circulars.
• Prohibit Unreasonable Insurance Practices: Ban unreasonable insurance forcing practices and introduce disclosure requirements for tied insurance policies.
• Standardize Staff Training: Implement standardized training requirements for financial services providers' staff and intermediaries.

Conclusion

The report highlights the need for a more integrated, coordinated, and comprehensive regulatory framework to effectively protect financial consumers and promote financial literacy in Indonesia. It emphasizes the importance of institutional reforms, legal consolidation, and enhanced oversight in the financial sector to support financial inclusion and consumer trust.