Bank Tabungan Negara


Bank Tabungan Negara, officially known as PT Bank Tabungan Negara Tbk., is a commercial bank based in Indonesia and regulated by Bank Indonesia, the nation's central bank.

Overview

Bank Tabungan Negara operates under the brand name Bank BTN and its headquarters are located in Jakarta, Indonesia. Bank Tabungan Negara literally means "State Savings Bank" in Indonesian. Its products include banks accounts, loans and Shariah-compliant banking services.

History

Bank Tabungan Negara was established in 1897 as a postal savings bank under the name Postspaarbank, with its headquarters located in Batavia. During the Japanese occupation of Indonesia, the bank was frozen and replaced with the Savings Office After the proclamation of Indonesian independence, the bank was taken over by the Indonesian government on 9 February 1950 under the Emergency Law No.9 and renamed "Bank Tabungan Pos". In 1963 the bank's current name, Bank Tabungan Negara, was adopted. Bank BTN became the first bank to be appointed by the government to provide housing finance and mortgages to lower and middle income individuals.
The bank underwent a corporate restructure in 2003, which was followed by an initial public offering in 2009 that led to the listing of Bank BTN on the Indonesia Stock Exchange. The IPO was ranked as Indonesia's largest IPO as of 2009.

Operations

Bank Tabungan Negara's operations are divided into six regions; Sumatera, Java, Bali & Nusa Tenggara, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, and Papua & Maluku. As of December 2014, these regions gave the bank a total of 820 branches, 2,951 post office access points, and 1,830 ATMs, served by 8,582 employees.

Ownership

The stock of Bank Tabungan Negara is listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange, where it trades under the symbol BBTN., shareholding in the bank's stock was as indicated in the table below:
RankName of OwnerPercentage Ownership
1Government of the Republic of Indonesia60.13
2Public, via the Indonesia Stock Exchange38.75
3Employee stock ownership plan1.12
Total100.00

Due to being majority held by the Indonesian government, Bank Tabungan Negara is considered to be one of the four state owned banks in Indonesia.

Governance

Bank Tabungan Negara is governed by a six-person Board of Commissioners., Chandra M. Hamzah became the President Commissioner, succeeding Mardiasmo. The President Director as of 2015 is Maryono.