A Total Of Six Banks Ready To Operate At IKN In 2026

IKN (Photo: Doc. VOI)

JAKARTA - A total of six banks in the country will start building service offices in the capital city of Nusantara (IKN), East Kalimantan. The six banks are targeted to start operating in 2026.

Head of the IKN Authority Basuki Hadimuljono said the government had allocated a budget to build basic infrastructure in the banking area. The six banks that are ready to enter include Bank Mandiri, BNI, BRI, BTN, Bankaltimtara and BCA.

"God willing, no later than later when you will operate, there will be a road and a Multi Utility Tunnel (MUT), including water and so on," Basuki said as quoted from his official statement, Friday, February 14.

Basuki said that recently the budget for the IKN Authority had been approved by the DPR RI. He said the budget could already be used to continue the construction of the new capital city.

"Yesterday, the budget was approved at IDR 4.2 trillion for infrastructure to pass through investment areas that have been groundbreaking, not blocked. So, thank you everyone, hopefully according to our plan we will both build IKN," he said.

Meanwhile, Deputy for Funding and Investment of the IKN Authority Agung Wicaksono expressed his appreciation to the pioneer banks. According to him, the role of banking in IKN will be very important.

"Thank you for being a pioneer in the banking area or what we call the Pioneer Financial Center Area in the Government Center Core Area (KIPP) 1B can be realized in 2026," he said.

In addition, Agung also invited delegates from the embassy of friendly countries to immediately build their respective embassy office complexes in the diplomatic compound area located at KIPP 1A.

"We are currently in the area (KIPP) 1A. This area is an important area because it is part of a diplomatic complex. In the future, this diplomatic complex will become the center of activity, the center of diplomatic relations and we invite your countries to participate in building in this area," he concluded.