No one mentioned BNI. Same deal, your Indonesian friend who has an account and known you for over a year comes with you to set it up.
My card works in Australia to boot.
I have however not managed to obtain an Indonesian credit-card without being told to put a hefty deposit for the same amount as the credit limit, despite my salary being well over their minimum requirements. Anyone any ideas?
Many financial institutions are wary of doing business in Indonesia and the Indonesian banks seem to be wary of credit cards. Why not just get a debit card and use it just like a credit card? Easy done.
No one mentioned BNI. Same deal, your Indonesian friend who has an account and known you for over a year comes with you to set it up.
My card works in Australia to boot.
do they have online banking? I see something about http://permatanet.com/ but that website is down right now which isn't very assuring.
Edit: Works now.
I was recommended Permata or BII for ease of setting up without a KITAS, anyone here experiences with BII? Seems to be owned by Maybank and their website looks a little bit better imo.
Permate owned by Standard Chartered, so I guess both are pretty safe.
The Danamon account is Rupiah only. Yes, you will get a debit/ ATM card, but it doesn't not work as a visa or with PayPal. I have not figured out how to open an Indonesia PayPal account. Looks likeit's not possible without KITAS which can lead to BNI or BCA bank account and/ or Indonesian credit card. AND it can be difficult to use the US Paypal account from here - almost always gets flagged as fraud.Thank u for posting. I'll be moving in Bali soon so it's very helpful. Can u also open account in USD or EUR? And can u get atm card with that which u can also use to set up paypal? Thanks.