Indosat And Mastercard Launch Innovative Payment Solutions In Vehicles

Collaboration between Indosat and Mastercard (photo: Indosat)

JAKARTA - Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison (IOH) is working with Mastercard in presenting innovative payment solutions in vehicles, which combines the Mastercard payment system with an artificial intelligence (AI)-based fleet management platform from Indosat, NEXTFleet.

This collaboration aims to improve the operational efficiency and experience of drivers, enabling safe and easy transactions such as toll payments, refueling, and food orders through vehicle infotainment systems.

Using tokenization and biometric systems, drivers can securely store payment credentials in their vehicle's infotainment systems, and authenticate payments using only fingerprints.

"The partnership with Mastercard underscores our ambition to become AI TechCo, which reflects our great goal of empowering Indonesia through smarter and more efficient solutions, as well as improving the quality of life of the Indonesian people," said President Director and Chief Executive Officer of Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison,port Sinha.

Furthermore, he also said that this initiative also supports companies in planning and managing fleets in real-time, helping to reduce operational costs and increasing productivity.

With the projected growth of digital transactions of 25.77 percent in Indonesia in 2024, as well as an increase in the number of motorized vehicles, this solution is expected to be an important part of the connected mobility ecosystem in the future.

Efforts Mastercard in mobility-as-a-services and in-vehicle payment solutions are part of our global efforts to explore cutting-edge technology with industry leaders", said Total Goh, Country Manager and President Director, PT Mastercard Indonesia.

This collaboration also emphasizes the role of the two as leaders in technological innovation, presents advanced solutions that support a more efficient and sustainable future of mobility.