Bank Mandiri is the largest bank in Indonesia. The Indonesian government created it in 1999 to amalgamate four older government-owned banks that had failed in 1998. During the amalgamation and reorganization, the government reduced the number of branches by 194 and the number of personnel from 26,600 to 17,620. The bank now has 642 branches throughout Indonesia and six abroad.

History

• 1951: Bank Industri Negara (BIN) was mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm established to finance priority sectors, such as plantations, industry and mining.
• 1959: The Indonesia government nationalized Nationale Handelsbank’s operations in Indonesia and from them created Bank Umum Negara.
• 1960: The Indonesia government nationalized the Indonesian operations of two more Dutch banks. It used Nederlandsche Handel-Maatschappij’s operations to create Bank Ekspor Impor Indonesia. Escomptobank became Bank Dagang Negara. The government also established the state-owned Bank Pembangunan Indonesia (Bapindo) and merged BIN into it. Bapindo specialized in medium and long-term financing of manufacturing, tourism and transportation.
• 1964: The Indonesia government nationalized Chartered Bank’s operations in Indonesia and merged them into Bank Umum Negara. Chartered Bank, a British overseas bank, had first entered Indonesia in 1863 when it opened an agency in Batavia.
• 1965: The Indonesia government brought Bank Umum Negara into the Bank Negara Indonesia group, renaming it Bank Negara Indonesia Unit IV (BNI IV). Similarly, Bank Ekspor Impor Indonesia became Bank Negara Indonesia Unit II (BNI II).
• 1968: The Indonesian government again reorganized some banks. BNI IV became an independent bank with the name Bank Bumi Daya. The government split BNI II into two parts, with the BNI Unit II Export-Import Division becoming BankExim. BankExim’s specialty was trade finance.
• 1986: Bapindo expanded into general commercial banking.
• 1999: The government merged Bank Bumi Daya, Bank Dagang Negara, BankExim, and Bapindo to create Bank Mandiri.
• 2004: The bank opened a branch in Dili (East Timor), and a representative office in Shanghai (China).

External link

• Bank Mandiri website http://www.bankmandiri.co.id/