Weyland Tech's (WEYL) Indonesia Partner Announces Launch of Top-Up Application for Unbanked Population in Indonesia

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Weyland Tech (OTCQB:WEYL) has announced that is partner in Indonesia, OAP, has signed an agreement to provide a store-value ‘top-up’ application. As quote in the press release: The application is designed to be offered via major telecommunications providers in Indonesia. OAP has initiated a pilot program to 20 communities in Indonesia. Upon success of the …

Weyland Tech (OTCQB:WEYL) has announced that is partner in Indonesia, OAP, has signed an agreement to provide a store-value ‘top-up’ application.
As quote in the press release:

The application is designed to be offered via major telecommunications providers in Indonesia.
OAP has initiated a pilot program to 20 communities in Indonesia. Upon success of the pilot, OAP will offer the community application to the other 500,000 communities throughout Indonesia.
In Indonesia, the unbanked population, or people who do not have bank accounts, is still very large. The Financial Inclusion Index (Global FIndex) for 2014 shows that only 36 percent of adults in Indonesia have bank accounts, which means there are approximately 120 million adults categorized as unbanked. A Top-Up application enables unbanked smartphone users to purchase goods and services via their phones (e-commerce/m-commerce).
Indonesia, the fourth most populous country in the world, has seen explosive mobile phone growth alongside a burgeoning e-commerce industry segment. A smartphone boom has been fueling Indonesia’s e-commerce growth. The e-commerce industry in Indonesia has grown from $12 billion in 2014 to $18 billion last year and is forecasted to touch $130 billion by 2020 as per Indonesian tech ministry spokesman, Ismail Cawidu.

Click here to read the full press release.

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