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Consumer vouchers|Survey: Over four adults choose Octopus to become a big hit, only 3% of citizens consider this payment tool

2021-06-19T16:47:24.189Z


[Electronic consumer vouchers/ consumer vouchers/octopus/AlipayHK/WeChat Pay HK/Tap & Go” Hong Kong residents can register for 5,000 yuan consumer vouchers as soon as July. The 4 designated electronic payment operators are Octopus and Ali.


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Author: Tao Jiaxin

2021-06-16 23:40

Last update date: 2021-06-16 23:47

[Electronic consumer vouchers/ consumer vouchers/octopus/AlipayHK/WeChat Pay HK/Tap & Go” Hong Kong residents can register for 5,000 yuan consumer vouchers as soon as July. The 4 designated electronic payment operators are Octopus, AlipayHK, WeChat Pay HK and Tap & Go Tap & Go rewards.

A survey conducted by the Hong Kong Institute of Business Studies of Lingnan University and "Hong Kong 01" found that more than 40% of the respondents choose Octopus to receive consumer coupons, and another 20% of the respondents have not yet decided. Therefore, it is recommended that the electronic platform introduce more discounts to encourage merchants to install The electronic payment system attracts more consumers to use electronic consumption and accelerates the digital transformation of the Hong Kong economy.

Extended reading: Consumer vouchers|Hong Kong 01 and Lingnan Survey: Eight adults choose supermarkets to consume young people and the elderly are very different

The survey found that more than 40% of the respondents choose Octopus to receive consumer coupons.

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The questionnaire was published on the "Hong Kong 01" website and mobile app from May 13 to 26. The interviewees were Hong Kong citizens aged 18 or above. 6,154 questionnaires were successfully collected. White-collar workers accounted for nearly 40%, followed by housewives. (Accounting for 20%).

25% of respondents said they would choose AlipayHK

More than 80% of the respondents said that they currently use Octopus, followed by Alipay (78%), WeChat Pay (58%) is the third, and the least people use it as a reward (20%).

It was also found that nearly half of the respondents used three electronic payment tools, Octopus, Alipay, and WeChat Pay; less than 15% of the respondents who had all four payment tools available.

As for the method of receiving electronic consumer coupons, 43% of the respondents chose Octopus, 25% of the respondents chose Alipay HK, and only 9.1% and 2.97% of the respondents chose WeChat Pay and 2.97% of the respondents; but there are still two The respondents did not decide how to receive it.

▼Octopus is promoting the use of Octopus machines to merchants to cooperate with the issuance of consumer coupons▼

It is recommended to push more concessions to encourage the installation of electronic payment systems

The Hong Kong Institute of Business Studies of Lingnan University suggested that before the government is about to distribute electronic consumer vouchers, the electronic platform should introduce more incentives to encourage merchants to install electronic payment systems, and at the same time attract more consumers to use electronic consumption, so that more merchants and consumers The benefit of the electronic consumer coupons project this time is believed to accelerate the digital transformation of the Hong Kong economy.

The research institute also suggested that during the registration period, the government or relevant departments could set up a hotline for public inquiries, and provide the elderly and low-income families with more easily grasped information.

When distributing electronic consumer vouchers, the number of issued periods can be reduced, the balance of each period can be carried to the next period, and the public can flexibly choose different payment platforms to receive each period.

During the distribution period, relevant departments and payment platforms can provide a list of shops that accept electronic vouchers for payment.

▼How to use the coupon?

Click the picture to see the $5000 electronic coupon lazy bag▼

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