Transaction Block BCA to Australia and Toronto

Jakarta - Bank Central Asia (BCA) to temporarily stop the transaction or transfer funds withdrawal from Australia and Toronto, Canada. This is because the break-through ATM customer's money is, is from Australia and Toronto.

This was conveyed by Deputy Director Jahja BCA Setiaadmadja when met at the Bank Building, Jalan Thamrin, Jakarta, Friday (22/1/2010).

"90% of burglary withdrawn in Australia. So for the current transaction to Australia are also blocked. So sorry if Australian students who want to pay for college can not for a while," he said.

Jahja previously said, there BCA 200 clients who lost funds due to break-through ATM. The number of losses suffered considerable BCA is Rp 5 billion.

In addition to Australia, BCA also block transactions to Toronto, because 10% piercing client funds withdrawn from Toronto.

"So there is no indication to the customer in the withdrawal of Indonesia in Toronto. So it's been blocked all transactions to Canada. So this card is used Canada uses the Canadian dollar. Cirrus links can be drawn across the world," he concluded.

In Indonesia, a number of banks have announced losses from the action of Skimmer. Details:
* BCA: 200 customers burglarized with losses of about Rp 5 billion
* BNI: 19 clients with a loss of about USD 200 million
* BRI: 3 customers with a loss of about USD 48.5 million.

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