Financial Technology
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Investing in Indonesia: 10 Benefits and Challenges, with a Spotlight on Impact Investing
By Thierry.sanders@mekar.id Foreign investors contemplating to invest in Indonesia will see a large population, a wealth of natural resources and stable economic growth. The sceptical investor ... -
Mekar Gets ISO 27001 Certification
From the beginning, MEKAR’s peer-to-peer lending platform was designed with a commitment to meeting the highest data security and protection standards. In the almost three years ... -
Against the Odds: Repayments to Mekar’s Lenders at 100% Amidst Rise in P2P’s NPL Rate
Indonesia’s peer-to-peer lending platforms and online payday lenders are changing the face of the consumer lending and business lending industries in the country and they are ... -
Kompas Features Chairwoman of AKR, Mekar’s Lending Partner
Abdi Kerta Raharja (AKR), one of MEKAR’s lending partners, is indeed a force to be reckoned with. As an award-winning cooperative, AKR has gained numerous recognitions ... -
P2P Lending in Southeast Asia: 3 Risks Lenders Shouldn’t Overlook
Peer-to-peer (P2P) lending has been booming in Southeast Asia. And it’s not a coincidence. This fast-growing region is home to over 650 million people, many of ... -
Want to Grow Your Money As Easily As Saving It? Try Peer-to-Peer Lending with MEKAR
When we talk about the ways that we can grow our money, one of the most obvious ones would definitely be through investment. However, for some ... -
Five Reasons Why P2P Lending is The Right Choice for Millennials
Anya, a 26-year-old at her first job, is anxious. She just received her monthly salary and is now wary that she might spend most of it ... -
KPMG Report: Mekar is one of the Top 10 online lending platforms of Indonesia
Over the last 2 years Indonesia has witnessed a fast paced growth of online lending and growth of online lending platforms. These are referred to as ...