According to a survey of 15,000 retailers by tech firm Sapo, cashless payments in 2021 made up 72.8 percent of total transactions, up 9 percent year-on-year.
Payments through bank accounts became the most popular method, accounting for 36.5 percent of total transactions at retail shops, restaurants and cafés followed by cash (29.8 percent), e-wallets (14.8 percent), QR code (9.9 percent), bank cards (8.5 percent) and payment gateways (0.5 percent).
Notably, 89.3 percent of retailers have positive assessments on non-cash payments, considering them a trend at present and in future.
New cashless payment tools are expected to be launched in the time to come to reduce difficulties currently facing some retailers./.
Cashless payments account for over 70 percent of retail transactions in 2021
January 14, 2022 | 11:19 am GMT+7