Enhancement of Financial Management of MSMEs in Cilawu District to Support the Halal Ecosystem

Abstract

Most of the small traders in Cilawu District, Garut, are trapped by loan sharks. It happens due to their limited literacy and legal sources of capital. Those traders do not seem to have taken advantage of the loans offered by Sharia Banks since it takes effort and time for them to gain confidence in Sharia financial service products. This study concludes that the enhancement of the ability of UMKM financial management in Cilawu District to support the halal ecosystem is to increase the literacy of small traders in financial management, from planning to preparing financial reports, as the level of financial literacy of traders is still low and they do not have confidence in financial service institutions and financial service products. In addition, the provision of literacy in Islamic financial institutions and their financial products and services for traders is necessary since it can directly boost the activities of Islamic financial institutions and contribute to the development of the halal ecosystem.