Heaptalk, Jakarta – In order to drive national digitalization, Vice Minister of Trade Jerry Sambuaga conveyed that the authority continues to create innovation, and as a concrete action, the Ministry of Trade has created a program to drive the implementation of QRIS in the market across the nation.
“As the concrete example of our effort in driving the national digital financial economy, we target to digitalize 1,000 markets annually, therefore, today, we can find several markets which have provided QRIS payment method,” said Jerry during the soft opening of Indonesia Digital Financial Economy Festival (FEKDI). (05/08)
Jerry added that the implementation is not fully executed in all markets yet but has started gradually. In the execution, the program is not focused on one area but scattered in entire markets across the archipelago. This measure is expected to make the transaction process becomes easy and provide more payment options for society to purchase goods. In addition to being a payment instrument for direct transactions, QRIS also provide access to marketplace, enabling buyer and seller to conduct transaction virtually.
Regarding the target of this program, Jerry delivered that the digitalization process has attained almost 50% of the target. The program also is carried out continuously across the nation and involves the local government at the level of province, city, and regency.
“To drive this innovation, we continue to coordinating with local government because this is under their authority. We delivered suggestions and access, but the implementation should be carried out by the local government,” Jerry said in a statement.
As additional information, the total MSMEs who have performed digitalization has reached 30 million, but most of them are from Java. The government strives to increase participation from other areas. Jerry affirmed to attain this goal, the key point lies in the infrastructure.
“Applying QRIS will be easier when the infrastructure is ready. The development of infrastructure outside Java is important. If the internet connection is unstable, how can we implement QRIS? We perceive that the establishment and development of infrastructure will shift to eastern Indonesia, and we are ready to support this measure,” conveyed Jerry in his closing statement.