Samsung has gradually been rolling out its mobile payment service in more markets across the globe. Earlier this year it gave us a list of seven countries that it will be expanding into in 2016 and while it's to be expected that Samsung would eventually want to offer this service wherever its handsets are sold, it won't happen in a day. Though not on that list, Indonesia might be one of the countries where Samsung Pay is launched in the future.
Samsung Electronics Indonesia IT and mobile marketing director Vebbyna Kaunang said earlier this week that while it can't be confirmed at this point in time precisely when Samsung Pay might go live in Indonesia, as long as the company can implement it in the country it will bring Samsung Pay to Indonesia. “Based on the development, we still cannot confirm when [Samsung Pay] will be launched in Indonesia. [But] as long as we can implement it, we will bring it [here],” she said. Indonesia is believed to have the technological infrastructure required to launch Samsung Pay but the company does require support from carriers, financial institutions and other relevant parties before it can roll out the mobile payments service. It's unclear how long Samsung will make users in Indonesia wait for Samsung Pay.
