In Russia, the number of payments using the QR code of the Faster Payment System (FPS) has doubled since the beginning of 2022. domain MTS Bank.
We are talking about the fact that Russians are starting to pay for purchases more often using a mobile application that scans the QR code. This payment method is extremely popular in China.
“The average check for payments via QR SBP is about five thousand rubles per month. The leaders in terms of the volume of transactions through the SBP QR service were MTS stores, Wildberries market and Svyaznoy stores.
MTS Bank experts noted that by the end of 2022, they expect an increase in payment volume more than four times compared to the beginning of the year.
Payment by QR code has become more popular among mobile gadget users after the deactivation of Apple Pay and Google Pay, which use NFC technology for contactless payments.
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