{"id":777010019,"date":"2023-10-10T07:02:35","date_gmt":"2023-10-10T10:02:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777010019"},"modified":"2026-04-22T17:20:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T20:20:17","slug":"indonesia-blocks-1700-bank-accounts-linked-to-online-gambling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/indonesia-blocks-1700-bank-accounts-linked-to-online-gambling","title":{"rendered":"Indonesia blocks 1,700 bank accounts linked to online gambling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Financial Services Authority said the number of blocked accounts will likely increase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Indonesia.-<strong>\u00a0Dian Ediana Rae<\/strong>, chief executive of banking supervision, says the Financial Services Authority (OJK) has taken action to\u00a0block over 1,700 bank accounts associated with online gambling.\u00a0During a virtual press conference on Monday (October 9), Dian said <strong>banks have been enhancing their systems<\/strong> to identify and block gambling-related transactions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said\u00a0<strong>the number of blocked accounts is expected to grow\u00a0<\/strong>as their monitoring mechanisms become more effective. The OJK has instructed banks to report blocked accounts to the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK) for investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Online gambling transactions reached an estimated Rp81tn in 2022, PPATK spokesman <strong>Natsir Kongah<\/strong> said in a discussion on August 26. According to Tempo,<strong>\u00a0Kongah expressed concern about <\/strong>school students involved in online gambling.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/indonesia-police-addressed-77-cases-of-online-gambling-so-far-this-year\" target=\"_blank\">Indonesia: police addressed 77 cases of online gambling so far this year<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Financial Services Authority said the number of blocked accounts will likely increase.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":19864,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The Indonesian Financial Services Authority (OJK) has blocked over 1,700 bank accounts linked to online gambling, with further increases expected as monitoring systems improve. This action, driven by OJK's directive to banks, aims to curb an estimated Rp81tn in annual online gambling transactions, with blocked accounts reported to PPATK for investigation.","focusai_entities":"Financial Services Authority (OJK), Dian Ediana Rae, Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK), Natsir Kongah, Tempo","focusai_location":"Indonesia","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (0.8), affiliate_publisher (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (1.0), investor_analyst (0.8), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"OJK's Enforcement Scope?","query":"What specific criteria are OJK and Indonesian banks utilizing to identify and block accounts associated with online gambling, and what is the projected timeline for expanding these enforcement measures?"},{"label":"Impact on Payment Processors?","query":"How will this intensified regulatory scrutiny on gambling-related financial transactions in Indonesia impact payment service providers and their operational compliance requirements within the region?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[23911],"class_list":["post-777010019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-gambling-regulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777010019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777010019"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777010019\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777041179,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777010019\/revisions\/777041179"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777010019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777010019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777010019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}