THE ROLE OF FINANCIAL SERVICE AUTHORITY (FSA) IN SUPERVISING BAITUL MAAL WAT TAMWIL (BMT)
Abstract
Baitul Maal wat Tamwil (BMT) is one of the Islamic Microfinance
Institutions which is under supervision of Financial Service Authority (FSA). This
research aims at studying the role of the Financial Services Authority (FSA) in
supervising BMT and also the efforts of the FSA to protect the customers of BMT. In
this research the author uses the normative legal research method which used the
literature study to find the material or data related to the issue. Data therefore
collected from reading journals, books, laws or regulations related to the research
issue. Primary legal material consists of several laws, regulation, Government
Regulation, policies, such as laws related to the Financial Service Authority,
microfinance institution, especially for the Islamic Microfinance Institution. This
research found that Financial Services Authority (FSA) has the authority to supervise
microfinance institutions such as Baitul Maal wat Tamwil (BMT) implemented in
different ways, settings, control and guidance of the Microfinance Institution. FSA
also make some rules governing consumer protection or the protection of people who
use services of microfinance institution. The form of legal protection of BMT
consumer is divided into preventive protection and repressive protection. The
community has opportunity to raise objection or opinions before the government’s
decision received a definitive form. The law should protect the consumer as the
subjective conditions that must be created to keep the consumers.