TheIKNPost.com – PT Bank Negara Indonesia (Persero) Tbk or BNI is committed to continuing to support the development of the Archipelago Capital City (IKN) in East Kalimantan Province.
BNI will present a BNI building at IKN which is intended to answer various banking service needs in Indonesia’s future capital city.
The Company officially carried out the groundbreaking for the construction of the BNI building at the Mini Financial Center at IKN on February 29 2024.
The groundbreaking process was attended directly by the President of the Republic of Indonesia Joko Widodo, Minister of State-Owned Enterprises Erick Thohir, Chairman of the OJK Board of Commissioners Mahendra Siregar, Head of the Nusantara National Capital Authority (IKN) Bambang Susantono, accompanied by BNI President Director Royke Tumilaar.
Also present at the groundbreaking were the BNI Board of Directors, BNI Wholesale & International Banking Director Silvano Winston Rumantir, BNI Institutional Banking Director Muhammad Iqbal, and BNI Technology & Operations Director Toto Prasetio.
Royke said that the construction of the BNI building at IKN was the company’s proactive form of supporting the government in developing IKN.
“The construction of this BNI building is our concrete step to realizing the ideals of IKN development. “We are optimistic that this BNI building will be the beginning of the formation of a banking ecosystem here,” said Royke.
Located in the Mini Financial Center area with a land area of around 9,000 square meters, the BNI building at IKN will facilitate smart-digital banking services with a futuristic but still environmentally friendly building design.
This is in line with BNI’s commitment to be a pioneer in providing efficient and environmentally friendly banking services.
The IKN Smart City concept, which is also held by BNI, emphasizes the importance of adopting smart technology in every aspect of life in the region.
With a smart people, smart governance, smart infrastructure, smart environment, smart economy and smart society approach, BNI aims to build a sustainable and highly competitive ecosystem in IKN.
The plan is that the BNI building at IKN will carry a blended with nature concept which is realized in a design that follows the contour of the land, responds to the river that flows on the site, and maximizes natural vegetation on the land to present a modern building while still blending into the surrounding natural context.
Royke further said that the presence of the BNI building at IKN is also clear evidence of the presence of a digital service ecosystem in the IKN area.
“Of course there is a lot of business potential that will be born at IKN. “We want to become a state-owned bank that first responds to the potential for business growth,” he concluded.
