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[RIM](http://engadget.com/tag/rim) might be struggling for [market share here in the US](http://www.engadget.com/2012/11/30/comscore-android-us-market-share-kept-growing-in-october/), but the [BlackBerry](http://engadget.com/tag/blackberry) name still enjoys quite a bit of popularity elsewhere in the world. Take Indonesia for example, where the company will launch BBM Money, a transactional service that'll allow money transfers between BlackBerry owners. Apparently [BBM](http://engadget.com/tag/bbm) is already a popular way to set up peer-to-peer transactions in the Southeast Asian country, so the service essentially closes the loop. With Android usage on the rise over there -- around 52 percent market share according to a [recent IDC report](http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prID23688812#.UL5qRZPjnoo) -- RIM is likely trying anything it can to retain its stronghold. We're not sure when exactly BBM Money will go live, though RIM has said it's to come "shortly," perhaps along with the launch of [BlackBerry 10](http://engadget.com/tag/blackberry10) in 2013.
Filed under: [Cellphones](http://www.engadget.com/category/cellphones/), [Mobile](http://www.engadget.com/category/mobile/), [RIM](http://www.engadget.com/category/rim/)
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**Via:** [TechCrunch](http://techcrunch.com/2012/12/04/bbm-money-launching-in-indonesia-shortly-will-enable-peer-to-peer-funds-transfer-via-messenger/)
**Source:** [BBC](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20411968)
URL: http://www.engadget.com/2012/12/04/bbm-money-indonesia/
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