Consumer vouchers│Shao Jiahui encourages merchants to install payment tools to ensure that the most people use Octopus

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Author: Zheng Qiuling

2021-04-12 09:02

Last update date: 2021-04-12 09:02

The government selected four payment platforms to issue 5,000 yuan electronic consumer vouchers, including Octopus, WeChat Pay HK, AlipayHK (Alipay Hong Kong), and Tap & Go. The target is to accept registration during the summer vacation.

The Legislative Council Member of the wholesale and retail sector, Mr. Siu Ka-fai, said on the Radio Television Hong Kong program "Millenniums" this morning (12th) that he hopes to inspire Hong Kong people to use electronic payment more. According to his knowledge, the payment platform will reduce installation fees and encourage merchants to apply. Used to describe "favorable and harmless".

Fang Baoqiao, honorary chairman of the Hong Kong Information Technology Chamber of Commerce, estimates that Octopus may be used the most because of its higher market share.

Shao Jiahui hopes to inspire Hong Kong people to use electronic payment more

Shao Jiahui said that he had contacted four suppliers with the largest coverage. The four payment platforms are used by 100,000 merchant platforms. When asked about PayMe, he thinks that the government should explain, but it is estimated that if individual banking tools are used, Restricting merchants "may be due to government considerations." As far as he knows, the relevant payment platform will reduce or exempt installation fees. For small businesses, such as market merchants, who never use the relevant payment platform, he encourages merchants to "do not use the payment platform." Apply more for money," which describes the application as "good and harmless."

He believes that the Octopus system can cover the elderly, but hopes to inspire Hong Kong people to use electronic payment more, "it is not a bad thing for Hong Kong as a whole."

Fang Baoqiao: If the public is accustomed to electronic payment since then, it will make the industry "big pie"

Fang Baoqiao stated on the same program that the government would not use credit cards because of concerns that the citizens would overspend in disguise.

He estimated that Octopus might be used the most because of its higher market share.

He estimated that consumer vouchers could boost the economy by 10%, especially in the retail and catering industries. However, he noticed that small merchants were worried about fees being levied on registration platforms. On the other hand, higher-end restaurants only accept credit cards.

When asked whether the selection of only four payment platforms would cause the industry to develop leaps and bounds, he believes that if the public has been accustomed to electronic payments since then, they are "a big cake."

Vendors worry that the payment platform will charge a handling fee in the future

The chairman of the Hong Kong, Kowloon and New Territories Merchants Association, Chen Jinrong, said that even if the selected payment platform does not charge merchants for handling fees, but only for a limited period of time for issuing consumer vouchers, merchants will always worry about future costs, such as Octopus in the past. About 3% of the fee is charged, and the contract is required for two years. In the downturn, it is an expenditure. The government has introduced subsidies in the past.

He also estimated that Octopus will be used by most people.

Some listeners said that they would choose Octopus because there is no need to apply for it, but he hopes that the 5,000 yuan consumer voucher can be issued in one go, because he wants to buy a washing machine because he wants to buy a washing machine.

The listener, Ms. Chen, said that he only spends RMB 200 to RMB 300 per month for supermarket shopping, but he mainly spends in the market, but rarely uses electronic payment at stalls. In addition, he is worried about the privacy of the platform and uses the tracking mode to master the use. Consumers’ whereabouts have received a lot of disturbing publicity messages in the past.

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