INDONESIA - BANKING - Sharia banks’ assets up 50 percent in March

www.thejakarapost.com - JAKARTA: The total assets of Indonesia’s sharia banks increased by 50
percent to Rp 158.8 trillion (US$16.99 billion) as of March from Rp
101.2 trillion in the same period last year, according to a senior Bank
Indonesia official.Edy Setiadi, the director for sharia banking
at the central bank, said that the annual growth of the Islamic banks in
Indonesia averaged 40.2