Telecommunications World Threatens Banking

BI claim, this year users of electronic money or e-money increased significantly.

When a speaker in a seminar at the Hotel Indonesia, Jakarta, Thursday, June 23, 2011, Gatot Suwondo, Managing Director of BNI expect any clear rules for the e-money.
''What we expect is, everything is handed to the experts, "said Billy. "Telecommunications is an expert operator, if for the money handed over to the bank," he said.
Meanwhile, Sigit Pramono, Chairman Perbanas mention, there must be regulators on both sides which is in the telecoms and banks.
''So, there are regulators in implementing their respective parties. What role the bank, what his responsibilities, what his rights. Then in telecommunications should also be clear. What their role, what responsibilities and what their rights, "said Sigit.
According to Sigit, all must be regulated so as not to overlap. "From the client side also stressed to its obligations," Sigit UCAR.
However, sigit say, in the future we will be unable to avoid the use of non-cash transactions or flash the cash will be dominant.
"Moreover, the transactions that are small like a little shopping, pay to park, pay the train," said Sigit. "Indeed in the end people will not use cash," he said.
However, Sigit said, the problem is not the issue of value per transaction, but pengalihannya.
"If there are tens of millions of users, the value of money is also great that it would be possible there is a potential increase in user demand," said Sigit. "Hence, these two things should be regulated. Extension to the front, disputenya, and the law forward, "he said.
Prior to this, Bank Indonesia (BI) said, at the beginning of this year users of electronic money or e-money increased significantly. BI records, users of e-money until the first quarter of 2011 reached 9.4 million, an increase of 1.5 million people compared to the end of 2010 that only as many as 7.9 million people.
"BI also noted the number of transactions in the first quarter of 2011 reached 8.3 million transactions with a nominal value of Rp176, 56 billion," said Budi Rochadi, Deputy Governor of BI Field of Payment Systems and Money Circulation.
Although only present in April 2007, said Budi, in the Payment System Data Transactions Edition May 2011, the amount of electronic money has reached approximately 9.4 million cards in the first quarter of this year.

Source vivanews.com