Visa launches mobile payment phone app

Global payment company Visa, collaborating with application developer PT Vitta Parama Udaya, launched m-saku, the latter refers to pocket in local term, a mobile payment application for Blackberry and Nexian users on Tuesday.

M-saku, which was designated exclusively for Visa cardholders, enables its users to top up their cellular credit, pay bills, buy tickets and shop online using their smartphones.

“Half of the Indonesian population under 45 years old, which is nearly 200 million people, uses cellphones. These people need an application to top up their cellular credit or shop fast through handsets,” PT Visa Worldwide Indonesia president director Ellyana Fuad told reporters during the application launch in Jakarta.

The application offers three features: Cellular credit top up, which is available for users of seven different cellphone providers, Hot deals; special discounts for m-saku users from certain merchants, and payment; a feature that enables users to shop at certain merchants.

Blackberry users can download the application from www.m-saku.me, while Nexian users should download it through Nexian Zone. (swd)