Bank Syariah Indonesia (BSI) Appointed as Strategic Partner for Zakat  

The National Zakat Agency of the Republic of Indonesia (BAZNAS) has appointed the Zakat Management Unit (UPZ) of Bank Syariah Indonesia (BSI) as an official strategic partner in collecting, managing and distributing Zakat to Mustahik.

Why it Matters?

President Director of BSI, Hery Gunardi, noted that this alliance between BSI and BAZNAS would optimise the potential benefits of Zakat, Infaq and alms (ZIS) in the country. It is also an effort to strengthen and spread the Zakat ecosystem and the Love Zakat Movement, which was inaugurated by President Joko Widodo on the 15th of May 2021. Several strategies and programmes are to be set up so that the Zakat can be immediately distributed, in addition to the forming of the UPZ. These include the use of the BSI...