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Indonesia launches national payment system to replace VISA, MasterCard

  • By Al Mayadeen English
  • Source: Agencies
  • 15 May 2023 21:16
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Dicky Kartikoyono the Head of Strategic Management and Governance Department of the Central Bank, says that Indonesia will launch its very own national payments system to be used in state-owned institutions and enterprises.

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  • A Visa credit card placed on tip of a Mastercard credit card, 9 June 2016. (Reuters)
    A Visa credit card is placed on top of a Mastercard credit card, 9 June 2016 (Reuters)

The Bank of Indonesia announced that the country will introduce a new national payment system which is set to replace VISA and MasterCard in state-owned institutions and companies, the Head of Strategic Management and Governance Department of the Central Bank, Dicky Kartikoyono, said on Monday.

"In accordance with the president's plan, the transition to our national payment system is proceeding smoothly. We expect that very soon it will become widespread, including within state-owned enterprises," CNBC Indonesia quoted Kartikoyono saying.

The official added that the country had made "a very timely" choice to initiate its own payment system. Kartikoyono thinks that Southeast Asian countries should move towards establishing "a safety cushion that will protect businesses and ordinary citizens" amid growing financial uncertainty in the West.

In early May, the country founded a card to supplement the national payment system.

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Dodit Proboyakti, a board member of the Indonesian Credit Cards Association, told Sputnik that the country will learn from Russian experiences and its Mir payment system to build up its own. Russia grew its national payment system after Western sanctions on Russia halted access to Western-owned Financial services companies following its Special Military Operation in Ukraine.

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