Mobile Money in Indonesia

With T-Cash, Telkomsel subscribers can make many transactions, like buying vouchers to top up their cell phones and PLN tokens, paying Telkomsel postpaid kartuHALO bills, cable TV provider TelkomVision, PLN and state-owned regional water utility PDAM, and using it to pay at participating merchants. Users can also use T-Cash for cash transfers, allowing them to send and receive money quickly via their cell phones, which is very convenient, especially for those who do not have bank accounts and are far from any bank. Just access *828#.

Bank Indonesia, the country’s central bank, has granted a license for the T-Cash service, which currently has more than 260 partners across the archipelago offering various products and services (Indomaret, Tokobagus.com, Fuji Image Plaza, Universities featuring academic contents and others).

There are now more than 7,000 T-Cash sales points from Aceh to Papua.

- See more at: http://m.thejakartapost.com/news/2011/02/02/tcash-a-new-payment-method-mobile-era.html#sthash.pvCRTOi6.dpuf
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Permit required for online businesses in Indonesia

The draft new regulation, scheduled to be issued in February 2016, is currently being discussed by the Trade Ministry, Communication and Information Ministry and the Law and Human Rights Ministry. The Indonesian government is of the view that the regulation was a necessity as the current online trading practice was not supervised by the government.

http://www.dealstreetasia.com/stories/indonesia-pushes-for-permit-regime-for-online-businesses-10164/