News Forum - Singapore leads Southeast Asia with 97% cashless payment adoption rate

[Thaiger]

In Singapore, a growing majority of people are opting for cashless payment methods, with the country’s adoption rate of such payments being the highest in Southeast Asia at 97%. This trend has been accelerated by the Covid-19 pandemic and an ongoing national drive for a less-cash society. Digital wallets are expected to overtake credit cards …

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[Marc26]

Thailand has quickly gone the way of cashless faster than I anticipated

 

Most of the young kids seem to lean towards cashless

 

My wife uses the bank payment service at most stores

 

I'm a very much cashless person back in Canada so happy I am able to be cashless a lot in Thailand now as well

 

 

I remember my 2nd trip my ATM card got canceled with 3 days left

I wasn't aware you could do cash advances on your CC

 

So 20 years ago in Bangkok I was severely limited on where I go and use my CC