JAKARTA - Tokopedia and GoPay, part of the GoTo Group, launched the QRIS cashless payment system that targets tens of thousands of stalls in the Tokopedia Partner ecosystem throughout Indonesia. This initiative is presented to help stalls that are members of the Tokopedia Partner and MSMEs in transacting, especially transacting digitally.
Tokopedia's Director of Public Policy and Government Relations, Astri Wahyuni, said, “This initiative allows people to shop at warungs without cash; just scan the QR code QRIS in the shop to make payments. Through this initiative, we want to support the realization of a cashless society and economic and financial inclusion in Indonesia.”
Assistant to the Governor of Bank Indonesia/Head of the Payment System Policy Department, Filianingsih Hendarta, appreciated the GoTo Group's support for the Indonesia Payment System Blueprint (BSPI) 2025 policy, “As of December 10, 2021, there are more than 13.6 million merchants - 96% are MSMEs - who are members of the QRIS ecosystem.”
This collaboration also complements the GoTo initiative in encouraging national economic growth through non-cash payments. Since 2019, GoPay has been digitizing merchants who are members of the GoTo ecosystem through QRIS and helping the public to make payment transactions more efficiently. (LM)