Bank Negara Indonesia
Bank Negara Indonesia Bank Negara Indonesia , commonly known as BNI, is an Indonesian bank. It has branches primarily in Indonesia, but it can also found in Singapore, Hong Kong, Tokyo, London and New York. It had 1000 branches and over 9 million customers in 2006. It is listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange as "BBNI". Its market capitalization as of 12 March 2007 was 23.8 trillion rupiah (approximately US$2.6 billion). Bank Negara Indonesia was established on 5 July 1946. It was prepared to be the Central Bank of Indonesia with the task of issuing and handling Indonesian currency. A few months after its establishment, Bank Negara Indonesia officially distributed the 1st official currency of Indonesia - ORI or Oeang Republik Indonesia. Following the appointment of De Javasche Bank as the Central Bank of Indonesia, Bank Negara Indonesia had its role shifted to that of a development bank, and was later given the right to serve as a foreign exchange bank. Following increas...