REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- New money exchange service providers in Terminal Kalideres, West Jakarta, earn an average profit of up to Rp 500 thousand a day. This is the confession of one of the new money exchange service providers named Lamriah (57 years old) as he was touring the terminal offering his services.

“If today (until 15.20 WIB) it was sold for Rp 2 million. If the profit per day, it can be up to Rp 500 thousand,” Lamriah said when he met at Terminal Kalideres, West Jakarta, Wednesday (4/4/2024) afternoon WIB.

At that time, he was traveling around offering his new money exchange service to public transportation users. In his hands, Lamriah holds a sum of money ranging from fractions of Rp 2,000, Rp 5,000, Rp 10,000, up to Rp 20 thousand, which is somewhat new.

All of them are grouped according to their respective fragments in a clear plastic wrap. Each pack of money amounts to Rp 100 thousand which is marked with a price of Rp 115 thousand per pack. “This one pack contains Rp 100 thousand, we sell Rp 115 thousand,” Lamriah said.