More than half of Singapore’s hawker stalls now offer e-payments, with transactions last month growing four times since June. This amounts to 10,000 stallholders, ESG, IMDA and SDO said on Fri. Transaction volume and value for Jan this year also crossed the 1.2 million and S$14 million mark respectively for the first time. This is a four-fold increase compared to June 2020, when the Hawkers Go Digital programme was launched. More than 7,400 stallholders have also since received the e-payment bonus, they added. The Hawkers Go Digital programme aims to reach out to and encourage a total of 18,000 stallholders to adopt the Unified e-Payment Solution by June 2021. Stallholders will receive a S$300 e-payment bonus for up to five months for every month which they achieve at least 20 transactions. IMDA and SDO added that they have collaborated with NETS to enhance the features of the NETSBiz app to make it easier for stallholders to track their payment transactions. The enhancements, which will be progressively rolled out from Mar this year.... Continue Reading