Malang (malangkota.go.id) – Malang Mayor Drs. H. Sutiaji appreciated the financial digitalization process that will be carried out by Bank Indonesia Malang Representative Office in several economic centers in Malang City. This was conveyed in his remarks while attending the closing of the BI Digifest Ngalam 2022 series of events at Malang Town Square, Sunday (12/6/2022).
"I thank the banking world, BI collaborated with OJK. Because this activity encourages the progress of the digitalization process of the Malang City economy, and this is proof that what was once planned with Malang 4.0 in 2018 has now reaped results. Where awareness of digitalization is currently getting stronger," said Sutiaji.
The process of economic digitalization itself is realized by launching the Healthy, Innovative, and Safe to Use Market (SIAP) QRIS program. This is one of the efforts to implement payment digitalization initiated by Bank Indonesia to optimize non-cash shopping transactions. The SIAP QRIS program is planned to be applied in several shopping centers in Malang City, including Dinoyo Market and Bunulrejo Market.
Deputy of Bank Indonesia East Java Province Bandoe Widiarto said, the digitalization process is expected to be a game changer to build more inclusive financial access, and be able to encourage increased financial inclusion. So that it becomes an increase in comprehensive and sustainable economic activity.
"Through QRIS we are able to meet the needs of non-cash payments that continue to promise security and convenience for the community. Because the community can make transactions more practically, hygienically, and economically," he continued.
Bandoe added that the use of QRIS as an innovative payment channel is supported by the availability of QRIS merchants in the Malang area, which continues to show an increasing trend to reach 1,8 million merchants in May 2022, mainly dominated by micro, small and medium enterprise (MSME) merchants.
Meanwhile, Head of Bank Indonesia Malang Representative Office Samsun Hadi stated that the series of BI Digifest activities in Malang are expected to be a turning point in encouraging innovation in the digitalization process of the economy in Malang City, especially for MSMEs in order to go global and go digital.
"We continue to build this synergy. We start from this Digifest. We invite various parties to synergize, starting from designers, MSMEs, banking, from related associations. Hopefully this synergy will continue to help, most importantly encouraging MSME innovation in order to go digital and go global," said Samsun.
In this event, also present were Deputy Regent of Malang Didik Gatot Subroto, Chairman of the Financial Services Authority of Malang City Sugiarto Kasmuri, and member of Commission XI of the Indonesian House of Representatives Andreas Eddy Susetyo. (ayu/ram)
