Bank Jakarta Student Savings Reaches IDR 1.7 Trillion, Wins Bank Implementation Award Award 2025

JAKARTA - Bank Jakarta posted a student savings portfolio of IDR 1.7 trillion with a total of 2.3 million accounts as of July 2025.

This achievement led Bank Jakarta to win the Category of Bank Implementation of the Best Pursuit Subcategory of Regional Development Banks in the 2025 Pursuit Award held by the Financial Services Authority (OJK).

The award was given by Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto and Deputy Chairman of the Board of Commissioners of the Financial Services Authority to the Director of Compliance with Bank Jakarta, Ateng Rivai along with other 2025 Pursuit Award winners in Jakarta, Friday, August 22, 2025.

The Pursuit Award is a program organized by the Financial Services Authority (OJK) as a form of appreciation to the banking industry that consistently carries out financial education programs through One Account One Student (Kejar) which is a follow-up to Presidential Decree No. 26 of 2019 concerning Saving Indonesia Day.

The 2025 Pursuit Award itself was attended by 503 banks, consisting of 4 state-owned banks, 20 private banks, 8 Islamic commercial banks, 28 regional development banks, and 443 BPR/BPRRS. The assessment was carried out based on the number of student savings accounts, nominal savings, inactive account ratios, the publication of Kejari activities, and the accuracy of reporting, especially during the assessment period September 2024 to June 2025.

Bank Jakarta Compliance Director Ateng Rivai said the award was proof of the company's commitment to supporting financial inclusion and literacy among students.

This award is the result of a good synergy between the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government and Bank Jakarta in encouraging financial inclusion in the city of Jakarta through the Jakarta Smart Plus Card program. The KJP Plus program opens access for a better future for the younger generation in Jakarta," said Ateng.

Bank Jakarta is one of the recipients of the award because it is considered successful in implementing various financial literacy programs with a creative and sustainable approach.

Bank Jakarta is also considered successful in recording significant growth in terms of the number of student accounts by experiencing growth in student accounts by 6 percent on an annual basis or year on year (yoy), up from 2.2 million accounts as of July 2024 to 2.3 million accounts as of July 2025, an increase of 130,000 accounts.

In addition, Bank Jakarta is actively acquiring schools to expand ownership of student accounts.

As of July 2025, Bank Jakarta has acquired 3,514 schools, with an average acquisition of 2,500 new student accounts per month during the assessment period. The levels reached range from kindergarten, elementary, junior high, high school, to vocational school/MA.

Bank Jakarta Corporate Secretary Arie Rinaldi emphasized the importance of a creative approach so that financial education is easier for students to accept.

"We want students to not only understand, but also get used to practicing digital finance in everyday life. Digitalization of banking services relevant to the younger generation is currently helping accelerate the marketing of savings products and opening access to various banking services," concluded Arie.