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    "data": {
        "id": 1732826,
        "msgid": "testing-qris-in-thailand-from-street-vendors-to-restaurants-1778555674",
        "date": "2026-05-12 08:00:34",
        "title": "Testing QRIS in Thailand, from Street Vendors to Restaurants",
        "author": "Lida Puspaningtyas",
        "source": "REPUBLIKA",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Finance",
        "summary": "Indonesia's Quick Response Code Indonesian Standard (QRIS) has expanded internationally, enabling seamless payments in Thailand since August 2022 without the need for local currency. Reporters successfully used QRIS to purchase street food like chicken skin satay from vendors displaying PromptPay QR codes, dine at halal restaurants in Siam Square on dishes such as Gai Tod Hatyai and mango sticky rice, and even pay for a Grab motorbike ride. This cross-border integration highlights the growing convenience of digital payments for Indonesian travellers and underscores Thailand's adoption of compatible QR systems, with 10-15% of Indonesian customers at one restaurant already utilising QRIS.",
        "content": "<p>Debates over the pronunciation of Quick Response Code Indonesian\nStandard, or QRIS, as \u201ckris\u201d, \u201ckyuris\u201d, or \u201ckiris\u201d appear to be becoming\noutdated. This is because QRIS development has advanced far beyond such\nissues.<\/p>\n<p>Not only within the country, QRIS can now truly be used in other\nnations. One of them is Thailand since August 2022. Republika had the\nopportunity to try using QRIS directly in Bangkok.<\/p>\n<p>Without bringing a single Thai Baht note, Republika headed to the\ncity officially named Krung Thep Maha Nakhon. The aim was to test the\npracticality of QRIS there, from street snacks (PKL) to dining at\nrestaurants.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday night (7\/5\/2026), Republika was walking along the\nroadside in Phra Nakhon. Not far from Wat Pho and about a 5-minute boat\nride to Wat Arun.<\/p>\n<p>There, a middle-aged woman was selling various skewers of satay.\nTogether with a colleague who has long lived in Thailand, Republika\ntried buying one skewer of chicken skin satay.<\/p>\n<p>Without carrying cash, the snack could be taken home because on her\nstall table was a QR PromptPay. That QR code could be scanned using the\nQRIS in an Indonesian bank\u2019s app.<\/p>\n<p>Besides at roadside vendor carts, Republika also had the chance to\ntry paying with QRIS at one of the halal restaurants near Siam Square,\nPathum Wan, Bangkok.<\/p>\n<p>Republika enjoyed several menu items there, including Thailand\u2019s\nsignature crispy fried chicken called Gai Tod Hatyai and the sweet mango\nsticky rice known as Kao-Niao Ma-Muang.<\/p>\n<p>There, Republika and the group paid for the food we ate using the\nPromptPay QR and it succeeded. The restaurant supervisor, Phrigkiao\nAmanee Salaeh, said that 10-15 percent of Indonesian diners at the place\nalready use QRIS as a payment method.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany Indonesians eat here. Around 10-15 percent use QRIS. The rest\nuse cash or cards,\u201d said Amanee during a conversation using half Malay\nand half English.<\/p>\n<p>Republika also tried using QRIS on the last day to buy coffee at the\n\u201cFactory\u201d coffee shop, one of the busiest in Bangkok. Its branch was not\nfar from the hotel, only about 3 km away.<\/p>\n<p>Using a Grab motorbike, the fare to be paid was 26 Baht. Republika\nchose the payment method on Grab using the QR displayed after the trip\nwas completed.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/testing-qris-in-thailand-from-street-vendors-to-restaurants-1778555674",
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    "sponsor": "Okusi Associates",
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