Bank Tabungan Negara
Indonesian state bank exploring digital payment of Bali's foreign-tourist levy.
Housing finance has shaped Bank Tabungan Negara since the government assigned it a mortgage-lending role in 1974. Its postal-savings predecessor dates to 1897; the BTN name followed in 1963.
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Bank Tabungan Negara, normally called BTN, is an Indonesian state bank focused on housing finance and related banking services. It operates under the formal name PT Bank Tabungan Negara (Persero) Tbk. It traces its origins to Postspaarbank, founded in 1897. The Indonesian government renamed the predecessor Bank Tabungan Pos in 1950, before the Bank Tabungan Negara name was adopted in 1963. [BTN's corporate history](https://www.btn.co.id/id/About/About-Us).
The government assigned the bank a national mortgage-finance role in 1974. BTN began operating as a general state-owned bank in 1989 and listed its shares in Indonesia in 2009. Its business includes subsidised and commercial housing loans, other consumer lending, current accounts, savings and deposits. The bank describes housing and financial inclusion as central parts of its mission. [BTN's business profile](https://www.btn.co.id/id/About/About-Us).
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