Indonesia Financial Services Authority runs SICANTIKS in Banten after SNLIK 2025 puts Islamic finance literacy at 43.42% and inclusion at 13.41%

Indonesia Financial Services Authority (OJK) held its Sahabat Ibu Cakap Literasi Keuangan Syariah (SICANTIKS) programme in Banten province to strengthen women’s role in improving Islamic financial literacy and helping families protect themselves from rising financial crime. The event in Serang brought together hundreds of women from different groups. OJK’s Executive Head of Financial Services Business Conduct Supervision, Education and Consumer Protection, Friderica Widyasari Dewi, highlighted OECD data indicating 95% of students say they receive financial literacy from their mothers. OJK pointed to 2025 National Survey of Financial Literacy and Inclusion (SNLIK) results showing Islamic finance literacy and inclusion indices of 43.42% and 13.41%, compared with national indices of 66.46% and 80.51%, and warned that the gap increases vulnerability to digital financial crime such as illegal investments, fake online loans, social engineering and WhatsApp APK file scams. The authority positioned SICANTIKS alongside other initiatives including the Forum Edukasi dan Temu Bisnis Keuangan Syariah (FEBIS), Ekosistem Pusat Inklusi Keuangan Syariah (EPIKS) and the Indonesia Anti-Scam Center (IASC), reporting that IASC had prevented potential losses of IDR 2.25 billion from fraud in Islamic financial services up to September 2025, and noted collaboration with local stakeholders in Banten including KDEKS, BKOW and the provincial TP PKK.