Nuryani's  research  (2022)  conveys  the  results 
that the  higher the  cost  of funds and  the amount of 
credit disbursed, the lower the return on assets. Vice 
versa, the lower the cost of funds and the amount of 
credit  disbursed,  the  lower  the  return  on  assets. 
Yuliana's research, Dwi Ari Pertiwi (2020) said that 
the  loan  interest  rate  variable  had  a  significant 
positive  effect  on  the  profitability  variable.  While 
the  variable  number  of  customers  has  a  significant 
negative  effect  on  the  profitability  variable.  In 
relation  to  the  G20,  the  research  results  of  Ratna 
Kartika  Dewi  (2014)  stated  that  in  overcoming  the 
US and European Union financial crises, developed 
countries were highly committed to priority agendas, 
while  developing  countries  did  not  show  high 
compliance like developed countries. 
1.1  Cost of Funds and Credit 
The  definition  presented  by  the  Financial  Services 
Authority  (OJK),  the  cost  of  funds  is  a  certain 
number  of  costs  that  must be  incurred  by  banks  or 
financial institutions, because they have used money 
sourced  from  other  parties,  such  as  customers  or 
banks.  The  factors  that  affect  the  cost  of  funds  are 
the  interest  rate  paid,  the  composition  of  the 
portfolio  of  sources  of  funds,  provisions  regarding 
the  reserve  requirement,  service  costs  to  obtain 
funds  (service  cost),  interest  tax  and  years  of 
efficiency. 
There are many definitions of the  cost of funds, 
among  them  according  to  Rivai  (2007:669)  is  the 
interest  paid  by  the  bank  on  the  funds  successfully 
collected by the bank from various sources. Fees that 
must  be  paid  by  a  financial  institution  or  bank  for 
the  use  of  money  that  comes  from  other  parties 
(customers  and  or  banks).  The  cost  of  funds  in  a 
bank  is the  basis for  determining  loan  interest rates 
after  calculating  the  expected  profit  including 
administrative costs and other costs (cost of funds). 
The cost of bank funds is a cost that must be paid by 
the  bank  for  each  fund  that  has  been  successfully 
collected  from  various  sources,  before  being 
deducted  by  the  minimum  mandatory  liquidity 
(requrement) that the bank must always maintain. In 
contrast  to  the  opinion  of  Taswan  (2010:  188),  the 
cost of funds is a direct cost incurred to obtain every 
rupiah,  the  funds  raised  include  non-operational 
funds  (unloanable  funds),  such  as  reserve 
requirements  to  meet  Bank  Indonesia  regulations. 
The effect of the cost of funds for loans that have an 
inverse correlation also becomes parallel because the 
higher  the  cost  of  funds  and  the  amount  of  credit 
disbursed, the lower the return on assets. Vice versa, 
the lower the cost of funds and the amount of credit 
disbursed, the lower the return on assets. 
The cost of funds became the initial trigger factor 
for the movement of credit performance which was 
monitored  from  several  aspects,  both  in  terms  of 
credit  quality,  list  of  non-performing  loans,  as  well 
as ratios to measure the health of banks. Sources of 
bank funds that are lent to the public in the form of 
credit  are  not  from  the  bank's  own  funds  because 
bank  capital  is  also  limited,  but  are  public  funds 
stored in banks. Banks try to compete to attract 
funds to collect public funds so that they are willing 
to save their funds with various lotteries or attractive 
facilities.  Maintaining  customer  trust  is  the  bank's 
obligation because customer deposits are a source of 
profit,  customer  is  a  king.  The  role  of  the  Asset 
Liquidity  Committee  (ALCO)  team  is  very 
important  in  managing  and  anticipating  liquidity 
between  funds  lent  in  the  form  of  credit  and  funds 
originating  from  the  public  (Sutarno  2004:3). 
Regarding  third  party  funds,  Veitzal  Rivai 
(2007:413) defines funds as funds obtained from the 
community,  in  the  sense  of  the  community  as 
individuals,  companies,  governments,  households, 
cooperatives,  foundations  and  others  both  in  rupiah 
and  foreign  currencies.  foreign.  According  to 
Muljono  (2006:153),  third  party  funds  are  funds 
collected  from  the  community  will  be  used  for 
funding the  real sector through  lending. These third 
party  funds  are  collected  by  the  bank  through  a 
variety  of  fund  products  offered  to  the  general 
public, who put their trust in the bank concerned to 
save their money and then withdraw it at maturity in 
return for interest and capital gains from the bank. 
Loans granted due to expensive sources of funds 
affect the amount of interest charged to customers. 
For commercial banks, of course, before channeling 
public  funds,  they  must  have  sufficient  sources  of 
funds in their operations so that credit can be given 
properly  in  order  to  obtain  the  expected  income. 
Retnadi  (2006:105)  states,  the  ability  to  channel 
credit  for  the  bank  is  strongly  influenced  by  the 
ability  of  the  bank  to  collect  public  funds  (Third 
Party Funds) to the fullest. Funds collected from the 
public (Third Party Funds) are the  largest and most 
reliable  source  of  funds  by  banks  (Dendawijaya, 
2005).  The  bank's  activity  after  collecting  funds 
from  the  wider  community  is  to  redistribute  these 
funds to people who need them, in the form of loans 
or  better  known  as  credit.  So  that  from  the 
distribution  of  credit,  the  bank  will  get  a  profit 
which  is  income  for  the  bank.  This  is  also  in 
accordance  with  the  theory  put  forward  by  Kasmir 
(2011: 43) which suggests that funds from the public