Liquidity Management Strategy for Mudharabah Deposit Products at BPRS Muamalat Harkat Bengkulu

  • Tiara Lestari Sharia Banking Study Program, Faculty of Islamic Economics and Business, Fatmawati Sukarno State Islamic University of Bengkulu, Indonesia
  • Romi Adetio Setiawan Sharia Banking Study Program, Faculty of Islamic Economics and Business, Fatmawati Sukarno State Islamic University of Bengkulu, Indonesia
  • Yenti Sumarni Sharia Banking Study Program, Faculty of Islamic Economics and Business, Fatmawati Sukarno State Islamic University of Bengkulu, Indonesia
Keywords: Liquidity management strategy, mudharabah deposit, Islamic rural bank, liquidity risk, Islamic banking.

Abstract

Liquidity determines the operational sustainability of a bank, including Islamic rural banks (BPRS), because mudharabah time deposits must be available when they mature. This study analyzes the liquidity management strategies applied by BPRS Muamalat Harkat Bengkulu to its mudharabah deposit product, together with the factors that support and hinder their implementation. This descriptive qualitative field research collected data through interviews, observation, and documentation involving eight purposively selected informants (three bank officers and five deposit customers). The data were analyzed with the interactive model of Miles, Huberman, and Saldaña and checked through triangulation. The findings show that the bank safeguards the availability of funds at maturity by balancing collected deposits and financing disbursed (Asset-Liability Management), considering liquidity reserves, handling potential liquidity pressure, projecting cash flows, matching maturities, and monitoring the Financing to Deposit Ratio (FDR) and cash flows, while remaining guided by sharia principles. Supporting factors are inter-division coordination, the care and capability of human resources, management policy, and information system support. Hindering factors are changes in customers' funding needs driven by economic conditions, clustered deposit withdrawals, changes in regulatory provisions, and the accuracy of administrative data. The strategies emerged at the level of principles and practices, while the details of written policies were not revealed in the interviews.

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Published
2026-10-28
How to Cite
Lestari, T., Romi Adetio Setiawan, & Yenti Sumarni. (2026). Liquidity Management Strategy for Mudharabah Deposit Products at BPRS Muamalat Harkat Bengkulu. International Journal of Economics, Business and Innovation Research, 5(06), 2010-2022. https://doi.org/10.63922/ijebir.v5i06.7003