By Edi Kurniawan on Unsplash
Develop digital platforms (P2P / P2B / B2B) offering convenient payments and financial services, along with access to secure payments, transfers, cash-in/out, rewards, asset management, and investments, reward points based incentive.
E-wallet based payment solutions can be offered to serve low-income population by offering affordable cross border remittance solutions for immigrants, and business value chains by offering P2B and B2B payment solutions. Examples of some companies active in this space are:
PT Visionet Internasional, founded in 2017, offers OVO, an e-wallet which allows users and businesses to make and collect payments (38% market share). In 2021, Grab Holdings Inc. acquired stake from Lippo Group and PT Tokopedia to expand its ownership in OVO to ~90%. (17) In 2019, it was valued at USD 2.9 bn, making Grab's purchase worth USD 500 mn to USD 1 bn. (18 and 19)
GoPay was founded in 2010 as an e-money wallet for Gojek services. With >1 mn users, it helps in facilitating transactions to enable Gojek create millions of jobs for its service providers (motorcycle drivers, food stall owners and the like). In 2020, Facebook and PayPal invested in Gojek, resulting in their 2.4% and 0.6% stake, respectively, in Gojek’s GoPay fintech arm. (20)
Easy money transfers by low-income groups, retail customers and businesses beyond urban areas, ensuring better transparency of transactions