INDUSTRY.co.id - Jakarta - State-Owned Enterprises (BUMN), Bank BRI continues to push the digital economy in Indonesia by expanding cooperation with one of the leading e-commerce players in Indonesia, namely Bukalapak.com.

This is evidenced by the signing of cooperation which took place in Jakarta (28/11/2017) in the presence of Director of Institutional Bank BRI, Sis Apik Wijayanto and Founder and CEO Bukalapak Achmad Zaky.

In the cooperation, Bank BRI is committed to providing banking facilities to Bukalapak which includes BRIVA online service, CMS payment priority service, E-pay service, WS Overbooking and notification services and other banking services.

BRIVA is a BRI virtual account that can be used by customers to conduct payment transactions through all BRI and ATM networks of other Banks, while E-pay is one of the most convenient and secure online payment payment facility using BRI internet banking.

"Bank BRI continues to support the acceleration of Indonesia's digital economy by establishing strategic partnerships with e-commerce players in Indonesia, which we also consider strategic, because BRI and Bukalapak Bank have the same business core that is UMKM," said Sis Apik.

Meanwhile, Achmad Zaky said that with this partnership Bukalapak optimistic to be able to increase the banking service facilities that can reach and provide wider access for the smoothness of trading and ease of payment for more than 13 million users and 2 million Bukalapak pelapak scattered in all regions in Indonesia.

"With the easy access to finance for customers and pelapak who are the perpetrators of MSME is expected to help the progress of business actors in business," he said.

In addition, SMEs are also expected to continue to advance their business through digital platform / online in Indonesia. "Especially Bukalapak as an online business market place and also take advantage of digital financial services in it." he said.