Collaborating With RIA Money Transfer, DANA Presents Entry Remittance Features For Indonesian Migrant Workers

Press conference for the launch of the Inbound Remittance DANA feature (photo: Dinda Buana/VOI)

JAKARTA - Indonesia is one of the countries that has a fairly high flow of foreign exchange transactions, which comes from migrant workers. Last year, data from the Indonesian Migrant Workers Protection Agency (BP2MI) showed that the number of foreign exchange transactions from Indonesian migrant workers (PMI) reached 9.71 million US dollars, or equivalent to Rp 145 trillion.

But unfortunately, PMI still feels a lot of problems to send their money to their families, most of whom live in areas far from urban areas, and do not have bank or unbanked accounts.

To answer this problem, DANA's digital wallet collaborates with RIA Money Transfer in providing money transfer services from abroad to Indonesia or Inbound Remittance.

"Remittances are an important substance that we need to highlight, given the large contribution of remittances generated by PMI to the growth and visa of the state, as well as the welfare of their families," said Chief of Products DANA Indonesia Rangga Wiseno at a press conference on Tuesday, June 27 in Jakarta.

Through this collaboration, Rangga hopes that the efficiency offered by digital wallets such as DANA can stabilize the remittance performance in the future and participate in increasing public financial literacy and inclusion.

Seeing this new innovation, Sri Andayani, Director of Non-governmental Placement of the Asian and African Regions of the Indonesian Migrant Workers Protection Agency (BP2MI) sees the bright prospects of remittance for Indonesian migrant workers.

"Many PMI families do not yet have an account, so alternative remittances that enter DANA can be a solution at this time. The ease of opening financial access by DANA also provides benefits for increasing financial inclusion," he concluded.

How The Inbound Remittance Feature And RIA Money Transfer Work

Currently, the remittance services entering the DANA and RIA Money Transfer can be carried out by Indonesian migrant workers around the world, including from Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.

Indonesian migrant workers who are RIA Money Transfer customers or called beneficiaries, can send money to the country by depositing money through the RIA Money Transfer service only by entering a telephone number.

Then, remittance recipients are required to have an account and use the DANA application to receive funds according to the nominal deposited. Funds will be received in the form of a DANA balance and can be immediately used for various needs.

Through a wide open network and ecosystem, DANA also allows remittance recipient families to make cash withdrawals (Over the Counter or OTC) in several DANA partner outlets that are widely spread across various parts of Indonesia, through Alfamart, Pegadaian, and Lawson.