JAKARTA, NOV 22 – Bank Indonesia (BI) Deputy Governor Juda Agung, assured that the central bank will freeze bank accounts related to online gambling in cooperation with payment service providers, both banks and non-banks.
“Payment service providers, both banks and non-banks, must have fraud detection systems (in place) to identify accounts used for online gambling transactions and other frauds,” he said at a press conference at the Ministry of Communications and Digital Affairs office in Jakarta yesterday.
After a payment service provider detects an account suspected of being involved in online gambling, the account must be reported to BI immediately, the news agency reported BETWEEN.
The account will be detected by BI and frozen. That way, the account holder will no longer be able to withdraw money or use the account for transactions.
Agung explained that so far BI has frozen 7,500 accounts linked to online gambling.
The central bank also continues to disseminate information about the risks of online gambling to the public.
“We continue to educate them through television and social media,” he stressed.
He assured that BI will continue to take action against bank accounts related to online gambling until online gambling activities are eliminated in the country concerned.
On the same occasion, Minister of Communications and Digital Affairs Meutya Hafid said this month, the online gambling eradication desk submitted 651 requests to block bank accounts related to online gambling activities.
He added that strong cooperation with banks is expected to narrow the scope of online gambling activities.
Hafid further said that 104,819 websites related to online gambling have been taken down since the establishment of the online gambling eradication desk on November 4, 2024.
“If we count from October 20 or the beginning of the new government, the number has reached around 380,000,” he added. – Named
