The President of Mastercard Europe said that Russia is the number one country for payments using mobile phones.
Mark Barnett said this during a panel discussion at Cyber Polygon 2021. According to him, 85% of all payments in Europe are made contactless. But Russia cannot be caught up here.
A Visa spokesman noted that digitalization has accelerated due to the pandemic. People have changed their behavior patterns. Now the number of offline transactions is at the level of 2017, but the volume of online transactions has already reached the level that was expected only in 2023.
Recently, the director of the Solar appSreener Center at Rostelecom-Solar said that sometimes payment with a smartphone is even safer than with a card. After all, if the card is stolen, the criminal can immediately use it. But the smartphone can be locked.
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