QRIS Tap Surpasses 47 Million Users, Payment is as Simple as Placing the Phone

Bank Indonesia or BI has recently launched a new feature, namely Indonesian Standard Quick Response Code (QRIS) Tap. Since its launch in mid-March 2025, the public has begun to recognize QRIS Tap more, and its user base continues to grow.

"As of now, it has reached 47.8 million users who already have the QRIS Tap feature," said BI Deputy Governor Filianingsih at the BI Monthly Monetary Policy Meeting Press Conference in June 2025, on Wednesday (19/6).

Filianingsih explained, merchant Those who have provided QRIS Tap payment options continue to increase. During the trial, QRIS Tap only had 646. merchant but now it has increased 3.6 times, which is 2,353 merchant .

"Currently, the position as of June 6, 2025 has not yet reached two months, but it has already increased 275 times. So the current number is merchant -nya that can accept QRIS Tap has already reached 648,034 merchant exclaimed Filianingsih.

BI Enhance QRIS Socialization Level Tap

With the increasing number of people recognizing QRIS Tap, Filianingsih ensures that BI continues to enhance socialization and education together with the industry. Specifically regarding the use of QRIS Tap.

Kita akan memperkuat" translates to "We will strengthen" in English. Given that the provided text ends abruptly, the translation reflects only the part available. Thus, the answer is: awareness "Rather than from the community, it's understood that there's a new feature called QRIS Tap, and it's already available in the application we have and also in the payment channel," said Filianingsih.

In addition, Filianingsih also said that BI will continue to educate merchants about the new features of QRIS. This will also be strengthened for the use of QRIS Tap in the regions.

QRIS Convenience Tap

QRIS Tap is a feature based on near field communication alias NFC. With the introduction of this innovation, the use of QRIS can not only be used for making scan Regarding the available barcode.

QRIS users can also perform transactions by tapping their smartphone, which is equipped with NFC technology, for transactions.

The presence of this innovation for various types of transportation and retail payments with high efficiency and security. QRIS Tap based on NFC also offers advantages in terms of flexibility in supporting multiple funding sources as well as various payment channels.

QRIS users only need to wear smartphone which has NFC features. Then, when making a transaction, users only need to bring it close to smartphone they are reader payment for transportation or retail.

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