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    • What'S In It For Me?

    LEARN ABOUT INVESTING

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    • Keeping Your Money Safe
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Why should I become a funder?

Mekar offers you a double bonus. Firstly, Mekar offers you an interest rate which is higher than what you can earn in a bank’s savings account. In Indonesia you can earn 5%-6% on a 12 month time deposit account. With Mekar your annual earnings start at 7% and go up to 12.5%. 

Secondly, your money helps small businesses in Indonesia grow, 90% of our loans are for women micro-entrepreneurs. If you save money at a bank it is very unclear how your money is being used by the bank. At Mekar you can choose who, where and what your investment is used for.

Where do I register?
Funders can register on https://mekar.id
Can foreigners without an Indonesian bank account lend with Mekar?
Yes, you are welcome to invest. When you register as a funder in Mekar, Mekar will provide you with a personal account number at Bank BNI in Indonesia to transfer your investment to. You will need to invest a minimum of USD 3000 or Euro 2500. We have set this minimum amount to ensure you earn enough on your investment given the cost of international transfers.
 
You will be notified by Mekar when your deposit has been received, you can then start selecting the businesses that you want to finance and lend to Mekar businesses. You will receive a notification when your loans have been repaid and there is idle balance in your Mekar account. You can then lend it again or transfer the money back to your home bank account. Mekar will charge no extra fees for this but do realize that international bank transfers cost money (about USD 60, back and forth), as does inflation (about 3%-4%) and we will deduct 20% tax on your interest earnings. You will receive a receipt for the tax payments, which you can use to show your own tax office as a proof that the tax has already been paid. Most countries have a ‘double taxation treaty’ with Indonesian.
When can I start investing?
You can invest once your registration has been checked. Once approved you will be notified with your Mekar Account number. Then you are ready to invest. It should take 4 to 48 hours between registering and being ready to invest.
What is the minimum amount of investment in MEKAR?

For the Monthly Invest plan, the minimum investment in any single loan is IDR 100,000. Please note that if a loan of your choice is less than IDR 200,000 short from being fully funded, you will need to fund the entire remaining amount of the loan.

For the 12/18/24 Months Invest plans, the minimum investment is IDR 30,000,000. Learn more about long term investing in MEKAR by clicking here.
 

Do I need to fund the entire loan?

No. MEKAR crowdfunds loans, which means many individual funders can contribute their funds to successfully fund a loan in MEKAR. You can still fund the entire loan but you also have the option to fund just a portion of the loan starting from IDR 100,000 or more.

What happens if a loan that I have chosen doesn’t fully fund on MEKAR?

If a loan fails to fully fund in the allotted 48 hours funding window, we reset its funding progress and relist it on our loan list. It now has 48 more hours to become fully funded. We also credit your investment back to your MEKAR Account. You can then fund the same loan again after selecting it from the loan list or select other loans that are closer to being fully funded to start your investment faster.
 

Where can I find information about the amount of money I have invested and earned?
All funders have an account with a dashboard. Click here to log into your account and view your dashboard. On the dashboard, you can see the total amount of money you have lent and made. You can also view your remaining principal on any active funding if you wish.
Where do I find my Funding Agreement with Mekar?
You can find the agreement between you and Mekar in your dashboard. To view the agreement, login to your Funder account, click your name at the top right corner of the page and select “Agreement” from the drop down menu.
Is my investment kept by Mekar?
No, Mekar does not hold your money. The Financial Markets Authority (OJK) does not allow us to. Your money changes places at transfer/deposit, investment and repayment. 
  • When you transfer money to Mekar it is kept in a safe “escrow” or Third Party account. Deposits from Indonesia are held with our payment provider Xendit. Xendit is one of Indonesia’s top independent payment providers. Deposits from abroad are held with Bank BNI, one of Indonesia’s four state banks. 
  • When you invest in one or more loans, your money goes from your “escrow” or deposit account to the Lending Partner bank account. 
  • When your investment is repaid your money is transferred by the Lending Partner to our payment provider BNI. 
At each step Mekar ensures that the transactions are modified in your dashboard.
Can I sell a loan and get my money back early?
No, at the moment this is not possible.
 
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DISCLAIMERS:

  1. Information Technology-Based Lending Service is a civil agreement between the Funder and the Lender. Therefore all risks incurred from the agreement shall be borne entirely by the respective parties.
  2. The credit risk or debt default shall be borne entirely by the Funder. No government body or authority will take responsibility for this default risk.
  3. The Organizer, under the consent of the respective users (the Funder and/or the Lender), accesses, gains, keeps, manages and/or uses the Users’ personal data (“Data Usage”) on or in the objects, electronic devices (including smartphones or cellphones), hardware or software, electronic documents, applications or electronic systems owned by or under the control of the Users, by informing the objective, boundaries and mechanism of the aforementioned Data Usage to the related Users before making the said agreement.
  4. The Funder with no knowledge and experience concerning lending is advised not to use this service.
  5. The Lender must take into account the interest rate of the loan and other costs incurred corresponding to his/her ability in repaying the loan.
  6. Every fraudulence will be recorded digitally in the cyberspace and will be accessible to the general public through social media.
  7. The User must read and fully understand this information before deciding to become a Funder or Lender.
  8. The Government, in this case represented by the Indonesian Financial Services Authority (OJK), shall not be held accountable of every violation or disobedience committed by the Funder or the Lender (whether it is intended or due to the User’s negligence) against the regulations, the agreement or the bond between the Organizer and the Funder and/or the Lender.
  9. Every lending transaction and activity or the agreement implementation concerning lending between or those involving the Organizer, the Funder and/or the Lender must be carried out through an escrow account and a virtual account as regulated in the Financial Authority Services Regulation No. 77/POJK.01/2016 on Information Technology-Based Lending Service, and any violation and disobedience of the regulation shall be considered as evidence of a violation of law committed by the Organizer. Therefore, the Organizer must bear any liability suffered by the Users as a direct result of the violation of law as mentioned above without reducing the rights of the Users that have suffered losses as stipulated in the Indonesian Civil Law.

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