Regional Bank Bank Jatim Completes AI Machine Learning Platform Tender Worth Rp7.17 Billion
The East Java regional bank finished selecting a vendor for its AI-based machine learning platform and opened market sounding for a treasury management system, signaling that regional banks are buying AI seriously.
Bank Jatim, the East Java regional development bank, completed the vendor selection process for its "AI-based Machine Learning Platform Implementation" procurement, with the winning announcement running September 18–22, 2026. The tender carried an estimated budget of Rp7.17 billion and required bidders to show at least five years of machine learning experience in banking or financial services, according to the procurement documents.
In parallel, the bank held a market sounding for a Treasury Management System on September 22, and ran procurements for penetration testing and network management services through September–October 2026. The sequence shows regional government-owned banks, not just the large state banks, funding AI and data capabilities through open tenders — a procurement segment that mid-sized technology vendors can realistically access, with similar document-AI and OCR packages expected to appear at other regional banks.