Bank Danamon (the Bank) domiciled in Jakarta, was established on July 16, 1956, based on the notarial deed No. 134 of Meester Raden Soedja, S.H. The Bank received its permit as a commercial bank the following September 1956, and became a foreign exchange bank in November 1988. During the Asian Financial crisis of 1997, Bank Danamon ran into a liquidity insolvency and was taken over by the government of Indonesia in April 1998, which placed in the care of the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA) to be included in the bank recapitalization and merger programs. Following a third rights issue by Bank Danamon and the subsequent merging of Bank PDFCI into the Bank on December 30, 1999; the racapitalizaton of Bank Danamon which increased its statutory capital To Rp 10 trillion on May 17, 2000; and the merging of eight private banks (Bank Jaya, Bank Tiara Asia, Bank Pos Nusntara, Bank Rama, Bank Tamara, Bank Nusa Nasional, Bank Duta and Bank Bank Risjad Salim International) into Bank Danamon on June 30, 2000; Bank Danamon re-emerged as one of Indonesia’s four designated core banks along with Bank Central Asia in the private sector, and with Bank andiri and Bank BNI in the Public sector.

The Bank's scope of activities is to engaged in general banking services in accordance with prevailing laws and regulations, and to engage in other banking activities based on Sharia principles. The Bank started its activities based on the Sharia principles since 2002.