Ad-Hoc Emergency Liquidity

Indonesia: Bank Century Emergency Liquidity Program, 2008

Announced: November 14, 2008

Purpose

To assist Bank Century’s short-term liquidity issues so that the bank could maintain its normal activities

Key Terms

  • Announcement Date
    November 14, 2008
  • Operational Date
    November 14, 2008
  • Termination Date
    February 11, 2009
  • Legal Authority
    Bank Indonesia Act
  • Administrator
    Bank Indonesia
  • Peak Authorization
    Amount necessary for the bank to meet its reserve requirement (IDR 689.4 billion authorized for Bank Century)
  • Peak Outstanding
    IDR 689.4 billion
  • Collateral
    Government securities and liquid collateralized corporate securities
  • Haircut/Recourse
    Collateralized only 83%
  • Interest Rate and Fees
    BI Rate +100 bps (925–1,050 bps)
  • Term
    14 days, renewed for 90 days
  • Part of a Package
    Placement of Bank Century under special surveillance
  • Outcomes
    Bank Century taken over by the DIC and later sold after capital injections; recovery program of the DIC through capital injections of IDR 6.8 trillion
  • Notable Features
    SFF lending size was based on the amount needed to satisfy regulatory requirements; Bank Indonesia passed a regulation amending the SFF by lowering the CAR eligibility threshold from 8% to above 0%, in effect to allow Bank Century to participate

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Taxonomy

Intervention Categories:

  • Ad-Hoc Emergency Liquidity

Countries and Regions:

  • Indonesia

Crises:

  • Global Financial Crisis