Jakarta, May 21 -- Bank Indonesia (BI) has announced that the Quick Response Code Indonesian Standard (QRIS) payment method will be available in Japan and China starting August 17, 2025.

BI Deputy Governor Filianingsih Hendarta stated that regarding the rollout in Japan, BI has agreed on a series of technical steps up to the sandbox trial stage with the Japanese payment system authority, beginning in mid-May 2025.

"We hope that if there are no major obstacles, we can officially launch outbound QRIS on August 17. This means Indonesians travelling to Japan will be able to make payments by scanning QR codes there," she said at a press conference on Wednesday.

Progress has also been made in cooperation with China. China's UnionPay Internat...