Covid-19 Business Watch
WATCH: How Covid-19 is driving contactless payments
Business Day TV’s Michael Avery talks to industry experts about how the pandemic is changing how we make payments
13 May 2020 - 14:47
The coronavirus pandemic represents a turning point for the payments industry with those companies that have invested heavily in digital and mobile technologies are thriving.
The World Health Organisation has warned that banknotes may spread the coronavirus and recommends using contactless payments where possible. It is unlikely that it will end the use of cash everywhere, of course, but it may be enough to push many markets towards a new cashless paradigm. ..
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