Payment

It seems that cryptocurrency and bitcoin debit cards are becoming popular worldwide. Visa Inc. a giant payment and financial services company with $81 billion in total assets, has launched a bitcoin debit card in Australia and it is expected to go live in September.

According to the new study by Juniper Research, online businesses globally will lose more than $206 bln from online payment fraud by 2025. The figure is almost 10x equal to Amazon's net income recorded in the last year (2020).

Several customers' demand for a variety of contactless payment alternatives is triggering unprecedented growth. As per the new findings, the number of smart point-of-sale terminals is heading for a massive growth in the coming few years since retailers and consumers are increasingly embracing and adopting the financial and payment technology.

General digitization has brought most of the world's population online. Most operations from virtually all walks of life, including payments, are going digital. Therefore, wallets have also gone digital. Storing money in a pocket is a relic of the past.

In a move to test its state-owned CBDC dubbed e-CNY, China has given away digital red envelopes embodying its prototype CBDC in Beijing and Shanghai to test the digital yuan (e-CNY). Reportedly, the Winter Olympics (WO) vendors will also allow e-CNY for payments.

Mobile payments adoption is growing worldwide. Owing to global digitization, the share of mobile payments in transactions is expected to reach 89% by 2025.