Photo for illustrative purposes only. Indonesians are increasingly going cashless with their payments. A customer is paying for a purchase using an e-payment service on his mobile phone, at Gramedia Kediri on March 11, 2020

Islamic Finance

Indonesian e-wallet onboards 42 partners to ensure 'money from the Islamic economy stays in Islamic finance’


JAKARTA – State-owned e-wallet LinkAja Syariah is partnering with 42 organizations to make the app as useful as possible to serve Indonesians’ daily needs.

The partnership with national and local government institutions, Islamic organizations, Islamic banks, start-ups, religious schools associations, e-marketplaces, and zakat, waqf, infaq, and sadaqah bodies will give users a wide range of products and services they can pay for using one app.

“We want these organizations that have been actively accelerating the development of the national Islamic economy to accelerate Shariah finance and economy especially at the grassroots level,” Afdhal Aliasar, director of halal products industry at Indonesia's National Sharia Economy and Finance Committee (KNEKS) told Salaam Gateway.

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