LinkAja Launches Indonesia’s First Shariah Compliant Mobile Wallet 

Indonesia based digital payment platform LinkAja has officially launched a Shariah-compliant e-wallet service, allowing the platform to facilitate various types of payments that are in accordance with Islamic rules.

LinkAja is the first mobile wallet to get a license from the National Shariah Council and the platform is connected with over 1,000 mosques, 242 Islamic charitable institutions, various Islamic boarding schools, as well as online and offline merchants.

According to Haryati Lawidjaja, the acting Chief Executive Officer of LinkAja, the platform is expected to focus on three primary activities, namely, digitizing religious and charitable donations, strengthening mosques thro...