Coordinating Minister Airlangga Said QRIS Users Reached 58 Million

JAKARTA - Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto emphasized that the use of QRIS as a payment method continues to soar and has now exceeded the popularity of credit cards.

Airlangga added that up to now 58 million users and 40 million merchants have taken advantage of the digital payment service.

"QRIS is used by 58 million consumers and 40 million merchants. Compare credit cards to only 18 million," he said at the 2025 Bank Indonesia Annual Meeting (PTBI), Friday, November 28.

Airlangga explained that this increase is in line with the wider application of QRIS in various countries.

As for now, QRIS can now be used in Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, and Japan, and is entering the testing phase in China.

He also conveyed the development of the Local Currency Transaction (LCT) cooperation with six partner countries such as Malaysia, Thailand, Japan, China, South Korea, and the United Arab Emirates whose value has reached 20.19 billion US dollars until October 2025.

Airlangga continued to increase the number of QRIS consumers also in line with the implementation of the payment system in various countries.

Currently, QRIS can be used in Malysia, Thailand, Singapore, and Japan.

In addition, QRIS has also entered the testing phase in China.

Previously, Bank Indonesia (BI) reported that the volume of digital payment transactions through the Quick Response Code Indonesian Standard (QRIS) in October 2025 continued to grow rapidly by 139.45 percent (yoy) supported by an increase in the number of users and merchants.

BI Governor Perry Warjiyo said that the performance of digital economic and financial transactions in October 2025 continued to grow positively supported by a safe, smooth, and reliable payment system.

"The volume of digital payment transactions reached 4.45 billion transactions or grew 31.20 percent (yoy) in October 2025 supported by the expansion of digital payment acceptance," Perry said at a press conference, Wednesday, November 19.

Furthermore, the volume of mobile and internet application transactions grew by 2.91 percent (yoy) and 12.03 percent (yoy), respectively.

Meanwhile, in terms of infrastructure, the volume of retail transactions processed through BI-FAST reached 446.77 million transactions or grew 31.96 percent (yoy) with a transaction value of Rp1,115.09 trillion in October 2025.

Perry menyampaikan volume transaksi nilai besar yang diproses melalui Sistem BI-RTGS tercatat sebanyak 0,99 juta transaksi, dengan nilai sebesar Rp22.524,61 triliun pada Oktober 2025.

Sementara dari sisi pengelolaan uang Rupiah, Uang Kartal Yang Diedarkan (UYD) tumbuh 13,37 persen (yoy) menjadi Rp1.213,76 triliun pada Oktober 2025.

Perry conveyed that the volume of large value transactions processed through the BI-RTGS system was recorded at 0.99 million transactions, with a value of Rp22,524.61 trillion in October 2025.

Meanwhile, in terms of managing Rupiah money, the Circulated Kartal Money (UYD) grew 13.37 percent (yoy) to Rp1,213.76 trillion in October 2025.