Indonesian ministers at odds over mass bank account opening plan

Officials disagree whether new accounts should be limited to citizens over 17 without one Indonesia's Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto, left, and Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa have disagreed publicly over the scale of a government scheme to ensure all citizens age 17 and over have a bank account. © AP JAKARTA — Indonesia's finance and senior economic ministers have publicly disagreed over the scale of a scheme to ensure that every citizen over 17 has a bank account, highlighting the government's lack of consistency in policymaking.

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