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BlackBerry Messenger to Get Mobile Payments Facility in Indonesia
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Mobile banking service provider, Monitise says that an Indonesian bank is to launch its BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) mobile payments service following a successful trial.
The BBM Money feature has been created by Indonesian financial institution PermataBank and BlackBerry, with the support of AGIT Monitise Indonesia, a joint venture between Monitise and Astra Graphia Information Technology (AGIT), which is part of Astra International Group.
Following approval for the new service via the central bank in Indonesia, BBM Money is rolling out via a commercial pilot for BlackBerry smartphones in the country ahead of a full launch.
BlackBerry users will have the option to access a Mobile Money account from their smartphone and make real-time payments from within BBM to their contacts who are also signed up to the service, buy mobile airtime credit and transfer money to bank accounts.
Monitise has been working with Astra and PermataBank in Indonesia since mid-2011.
"It is incredibly exciting that Indonesia is the first country in the world to develop a person-to-person payment service such as this. This launch is a ringing endorsement for how businesses with different commercial needs can collaborate in the fast-growing mobile, payments and banking space," said Monitise Asia Pacific Chief Executive Darren Sugden.
Tags: [monitise] [blackberry messenger] [mobile banking] [Indonesia]
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