Residents make payments using the QRIS (Quick Response Code Indonesia Standard) at a merchant in Tulungagung, East Java, on Aug. 21, 2025. (Antara/Destyan Sujarwoko)
The cross-border QRIS payment link between Indonesia and China, which went live on April 30, is expected to expand to other Chinese digital payment platforms, including WeChat Pay, industry and central bank officials have said.Currently, the system that allows Indonesians and Chinese to transact directly in rupiah and yuan under the local currency transaction (LCT) scheme is only available via Alipay and UnionPay.
Bank Indonesia (BI) Deputy Governor Filianingsih Hendarta told Kompas.com on Wednesday that an expansion to WeChat Pay would be carried out in stages, depending on the technical, operational and regulatory readiness on both sides.
"In parallel with the future expansion of acceptance, we will continue to prioritize strengthening the initial implementation and existing acceptance," she said, as reported by Kompas.com.
Fili added that BI was working to strengthen the ecosystem, including expanding merchant acceptance and improving user education in both countries.
