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

Jakarta - As a form of commitment to supporting financial inclusion, especially for students, 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 Best KEJAR Implementation Bank Category, Regional Development Bank Subcategory in the 2025 KEJAR Award held by the Financial Services Authority (OJK). This 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 Compliance Director of Bank Jakarta, Ateng Rivai together with other winners of the 2025 Kejar Award in Jakarta (22/08).

The Kejar Award is a program organized by the Financial Services Authority (OJK) as a form of appreciation to the banking industry which consistently carries out financial education programs through One Account One Student (Kejar) which is a follow-up to Presidential Decree Number 26 of 2019 concerning Indonesian Savings Day. 503 banks participated in the 2025 KEJAR Award, consisting of 4 state-owned banks, 20 private banks, 8 sharia general banks, 28 regional development banks and 443 BPR/BPRS. The assessment is carried out based on the number of student savings accounts, nominal savings, inactive account ratio, publication of KEJAR activities, as well as accuracy of report submission, 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 inclusion and financial literacy among students. "This award is the result of 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 to a better future for the young generation in Jakarta," said Ateng.

Bank Jakarta was one of the award recipients because it was 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 student account growth of 6% YoY, increasing from 2.2 million accounts as of July 2024 to 2.3 million accounts as of July 2025, an increase of 130 thousand accounts.

In addition, Bank Jakarta is actively acquiring schools to expand student account ownership. As of July 2025, Bank Jakarta has acquired 3,514 schools, with an average acquisition number of 2,500 new student accounts every month during the assessment period. The levels reached range from kindergarten, elementary school, middle school, high school, to vocational school/MA.

Bank Jakarta Corporate Secretary, Arie Rinaldi, emphasized the importance of a creative approach so that financial education is more easily accepted by students. "We want students to not only understand, but also get used to practicing digital finance in their daily lives. Digitalization of banking services that are relevant to today's young generation will help accelerate the marketing of savings products and open access to various banking services," concluded Arie.