In addition of launching FinPay, in the EXPO Bisnis Online End to End & Cashless Transaction Society event, on May 30-3, PT. Finnet Indonesia also launched Tep-Aja. If FinPay is a payment platform, Tep-Aja is e-money service similar to Tap-Izy owned by Telkomsel.
Both e-money utilize Near Field Communication (NFC) technology implemented in the cell phone. If in Tap-Izy, this NFC chip is planted directly inside the SIM card, Tep-Aja offers some other ways to bring this NFC chip into the cell phone. Reported by Tekno Kompas, Vice President OTC Merchant Division Head of PT Finnet Indonesia, Ruby Hendrarto Wijoseno, said that Tep-Aja is currently provide card only. But mengatakan bahwa saat ini Tep-Aja baru menyediakan bentuk kartu. But later, Tep-Aja will appear in the form of sticker, microSD and cell phone with NFC technology.
When FinPay already established cooperation with many parties, it seems that there are not many merchants cooperating with Tep-Aja, yet. Tep-aja’s website hasn’t display any merchant logo cooperating with it. The website only mentions that Tep-Aja can be used in places commonly visited by customers such as the supermarkets, entertainment centers, sights, restaurants, and also to pay taxi fare, public transportation, parking and train ticket.
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