Wednesday, March 1, 2017

Cash payment instead of the card, smartphone ... 376 trillion won last year's daily average



[Korea Jeongseon financial newspaper reporters - credit cards, showed that significantly increasing the use of non-cash means of payment such as smartphones.

According to the Bank of Korea announced one day 'Payment of the 2016 settlement trends "material payments due to non-payment methods of cash last year increased by 8.1 percent to 376.1 trillion won per day than in 2015 (347.8 trillion won).

The Bank of Korea analyzed that "large sums of money transfers using factors such as enlargement and card payments as long as the universalization of financial institutions through the financial network."

Card using earnings 2.104 trillion won (per day) increased significantly by 11.8% year-on-year.

Especially credit card earnings (excluding cash) is one trillion rose 10.9 percent to 677 billion won. Utilization of credit card mobile smartphones has surged 51.7% or 460 billion.

Check card income, higher deduction rate has increased by 15.2% to 424 billion won. On the other hand, prepaid cards fell 3.5 percent to 22 billion.

Full results from the use of payment cards credit cards were the overwhelming proportion to 79.7%.

Yiyongaek day average personal credit card at a convenience store last year jumped 32.8 percent to 150 billion won. Supermarket (9.5%), airlines (16.2%), duty-free shops (10.7%), transportation (9.3%), health care (10.0%) is also higher growth rates.

In the case of payment per check card, but to give 3.5% ₩ 24,342 more than in 2015, credit cards were only increased by 0.1% in 4564 won four.

The Bank of Korea was evaluated as' that will replace the card with cash at convenience stores, supermarkets, public transport continued tendency of small yiyongaek.

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