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QR code to accelerate Singapore’s shift to a cashless society

FutureCIO Editors by FutureCIO Editors
July 26, 2021
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Singapore has a well-developed payments market, which has been growing at a robust pace in the past few years due to the country’s robust payment infrastructure.

GlobalData says the well-developed post of sales (POS) infrastructure is complemented by QR code payment, which is now increasingly being preferred by consumers as a safer payment method.

An analysis of GlobalData’s Payment Cards Analytics reveals the number of POS terminals in Singapore, which was 254,469 in 2021, to increase to 316,695 in 2024.

According to Nikhil Reddy, banking and payments analyst at GlobalData, Singapore has 44 POS terminals per 1,000 individuals in 2021, among the highest in the Asia-Pacific region.

“The government is also playing its part to drive the acceptance of electronic payments among merchants in Singapore,” he continued.

Productivity Solution Grant is an initiative through which government provides local businesses with subsidy for POS installation. The subsidy was raised from 70% to 80% between April 2020 and March 2022 to promote cashless payment amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

To encourage digital payments among smaller businesses including hawkers, the government is focusing to promote QR-based payments. The launch of a unified QR code called Singapore Quick Response Code (SGQR) in September 2018 by the Monetary Authority of Singapore in collaboration with Infocomm Media Development Authority has further improved the country’s payments ecosystem. SGQR allows merchants to save a significant amount in payment acceptance costs, by eliminating the need to invest in separate QR code from each provider or install a traditional POS terminal.

“Singapore merchants are increasingly turning to digital payments amid COVID-19. The outbreak has accelerated the adoption of digital payments among smaller merchants as well, thereby supporting the Singapore government’s vision to become a less-cash society,” concluded Reddy.

Related:  Government digitisation to fuel mobile identity growth
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