Indonesia: Playing the long game


BLOOMBERG has recently reported major international banks like Citigroup Inc, HSBC Holdings Plc and Standard Chartered Plc have sharply increased their profit repatriation from Indonesia due to growing concerns over its state-led policies.

The newswire notes that since 2024, these three banks have remitted about US$640mil in total to their parent companies, and the figure is more than what they had earned.

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