Digital Pos Indonesia Service Has Great Economic Potential

Illustration. (Photo: Doc. Antara)

Information technology expert Onno W Purbo stated that PT Pos Indonesia's digital financial services such as Pospay, Pos Aja and Posfin have enormous economic potential in the future.

Through his statement in Jakarta, quoted from Antara, Tuesday, February 7, he said PT Pos Indonesia (Persero) had started digital transformation so that the conventional impression of BUMN began to erode along with the pace of digitization within the company.

The digital transformation of Pos Indonesia, he continued, can be seen in the line of financial services business, namely the Pospay and Posfin services, as well as courier services in the form of Pos Aja.

Pos still seems conventional because there is still a lot of interaction with people at the post counter. People need to know that Pospay has an application, Pos Aja, Posifin. If people are used to it, it will be extraordinary," he said.

Onno, who is also nicknamed Mr Internet, believes that Pos Indonesia has a great opportunity in the field of financial services, especially if you remember the history of Pos Indonesia as the first company to participate in building the internet in the country through Wasantara Net.

PT Pos is an institution or institution in Indonesia that first made changes in the digital world, he added, because at that time there were no banks or SOEs that entered the internet.

"The best to date is that Pos has outlets to the end of the republic. Pos is the first largest ISP in Indonesia," he said.

Onno said that if Indonesia carried out digital transformation, people would tend to work anywhere, anytime. Consequently, they need a medium that can fulfill it, so they will be bound by the Post.

The Pospay application, according to him, can reach people who do not have a bank account. Digital transformation cannot run if there is no Posfin in fintech services, Pos Aja at courier and Pospay services as superapps.

Onno is optimistic that Pos Indonesia will have a great opportunity because there are not many similar financial service providers in Indonesia, even in other countries.

"Now there are not many countries or cities that provide services like this Pospay. Pospay has very strong potential. Indonesia can be an example of the world with Pospay. No country has the ability like Pospay," he said.

However, he suggested that Pos Indonesia provide services in e-commerce for courier services and payments in order to increase the reach and expand users.

Onno further encouraged Pos Indonesia to develop its potential so that it can grow more because the SOE has everything it takes to become a leader in the logistics and courier business, and especially the financial services business that is revolutionaryally treading digital transformation.

Meanwhile, the Director of Financial Services Business of PT Pos Indonesia (Persero), Haris added that currently Pos has transformed digitally with financial services similar to banking.

The post is the same as banking. We have a checking account. The funds actually go to the recipient, we make an account. The money can be taken by the recipient, just like banking. The privilege of the Post can be delivered (direct) to the recipient. (So) We are already digital, "he said.