Digital wallets now account for some 27 per cent of in-store spending, 41 per cent of ecommerce and 46 per cent of mobile commerce transactions.
Cash(less) is King
The average amount being withdrawn from a cash machine per visit had climbed to £80. However, closer reading of the article also showed that the number of visits per month had declined by 40 per cent and the total being withdrawn had fallen by a staggering £100m per day compared to pre-pandemic levels in 2019.
Removing the doubts, and moving with the times
QR Code usage here to stay
QR code payments rose to staggering 47 per cent of digital wallet transactions in 2020!
In recent weeks and months some things have changed. The advent of the so-called ‘Pingdemic’ has led to many people deleting their track and trace app and seeking to avoid being ‘caught’ by the system. But it hasn’t actually harmed usage and acceptance of the QR code and its underlying technology. That has proven its case for a place in the world.
Pandemic accelerates the cashless lifestyle
The secure route to QR code payments
It’s an unwritten rule of a successful technology – someone, somewhere, will try to corrupt it for their own purposes. QR code technology is closing in on 30 years of usage, but the Covid-19 pandemic has turned the technology from niche markets to mainstream consumer use and that inevitably attracts interest from the fraudsters.
Full SCA compliance delayed again! New deadline set for March 2022
QR versatility puts spotlight on SMS shortcomings
The Quick Route to Compliance
Instant Payments, Strong Authentication, and the future of retail in the new normal
The European Union’s PSD2 regulations first came into force more than three years ago – January 2018 to be precise. However, some aspects of the regulations have proven harder to bring into play than others. Just this month for example, the EBA published an opinion and set deadlines on the need to remove obstacles that are preventing compliance with secure account access regulations for some payment providers.
There really is no limit to the way QR codes are being used
But if you want permanent proof of how adaptable QR code technology is, then look no further than Roy Healy. Back in 2019, Roy spent two hours in a tattoo parlour having a QR code inked into his forearm. The code initially pointed to Roy’s website, but he can change what happens whenever someone scans the code as often as he likes – sometimes it goes to his blog, sometimes to a fun website, or sometimes to LinkedIn and to what I guess we should call his Inked In profile.