PT Visionet Internasional, widely known through its OVO platform, announces the new hire to succeed Adrian Suherman

PT Visionet Internasional (OVO), an Indonesia-based digital, rewards, and financial services platform, has appointed Karaniya Dharmasaputra as President Director. Dharmasaputra will succeed Adrian Suherman, who led OVO for three years.

Before officially announces the hiring, the company just made it official that it is the country’s fifth unicorn.

Karaniya Dharmasaputra is co-founder and CEO of Bareksa, an integrated online mutual fund marketplace in Indonesia and the Co-Founder and Chairman of Indonesia Fintech Association (Aftech).

Dharmasaputra’s previous stints include positions in local leading media companies such as KOMPAS TV, KapanLagi Youniverse, Liputan6.com, The Jakarta Post, VIVA, and Tempo.

“This trust is a mandate for me to sharpen OVO’s perspective, becoming more than a fintech company into a strategic partner for the Indonesian government in accelerating financial inclusion and digital economic growth. As more and more people adopt digital payments, we should also put a stronger focus on educating the community, enabling them to fully enjoy the benefits of the digital economy,” Dharmasaputra said.

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OVO first launched its mobile wallet in September 2017 and has since established itself as the fastest-growing payment platform in Indonesia.

It facilitates access to payments, transfers, top-up, withdrawals, as well as asset and investment management.

OVO claimed itself to be the most accepted platform in Indonesia, across offline retail stores, O2O platform, and e-commerce with 500,000 merchants, including 300,000 MSME merchants.

In the past year, it is extending into financial services to meet the needs of Indonesians, increase the rate of financial inclusion through a suite of capabilities. To date, OVO said it has presences in across 354 cities in Indonesia.

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