Pham Anh Tuan, director of the Fee Division below the State Financial institution of Vietnam, speaks on the press convention to announce the 2023 Cashless Day in HCM Metropolis on Could 26. (Picture courtesy of the organisers)HCM Metropolis (VNS/VNA) – A collection of occasions and actions will likely be held
below the 2023 Cashless Day to advertise the adoption of non-cash cost and
contribute to attaining the Authorities’s plans to drive Vietnam in the direction of a
cashless society.
They embrace a “Cashless Day” nationwide seminar on June 16 that can
focus on enhancing knowledge connectivity to advertise good funds, safety points
in cost actions and cost expertise, and a contest entitled “Chien
than khong tien mat” (Nice warrior of cashless cost) from June 16 to July
15.
The spotlight of Cashless Day this 12 months is Cashless City Competition from June 16
to 18 in Ho Chi Minh Metropolis. The competition is organised in keeping with a miniature
cashless society mannequin, through which guests store and luxuriate in eating and
leisure actions with out utilizing money, expertise on-line public companies’
utilities and go to an exhibition on Historical past of Cash.
Themed “Knowledge Connection, Sensible Fee”, the programme this 12 months additionally
features a concentrated promotion programme, “Huge Increase”, with quite a few particular
promotions to be supplied to customers by retailers, cost intermediaries, card
organisations, e-wallets, and retailers.
Talking at a press convention to announce the 2023 Cashless Day in HCM Metropolis on
Could 26, Pham Anh Tuan, director of the Fee Division below the State Financial institution
of Vietnam, mentioned the Cashless Day programme collectively organised by his division
and Tuoi Tre newspaper for the final 4 years has conveyed a optimistic message
to encourage cashless funds.
Non-cash funds are on the rise, particularly cell and QR code funds, he
mentioned.
Within the first quarter, interbank digital cost transactions rose by 8.6%
year-on-year when it comes to worth. Transactions by the monetary switching
and digital clearing system elevated by 70.8% in quantity and 18.6% in worth,
he mentioned.
Notably, there’s a sturdy shift from money withdrawal to cashless cost. The
variety of transactions by way of POS elevated by 37.6% in quantity and 32.1% in worth,
whereas money withdrawals at ATM continued to lower by 2.37% in amount and
lower by 4.02% in worth, he mentioned.
After greater than a 12 months of implementing mobile-money service, to this point, 3.71
million cell cash accounts have been opened, of which 30% are opened in
distant areas and islands, he mentioned.
As well as, banks and middleman cost companies suppliers have rolled out
new, fashionable, and cost-effective cost options reminiscent of QR code cost and
contactless cost to enhance buyer expertise and encourage residents and
companies to undertake cashless cost, he mentioned.
Technical infrastructure and cashless cost expertise have improved
considerably, assembly the growing wants of the entire society.
The central financial institution will proceed to finish the authorized framework to additional
facilitate non-cash cost, he mentioned./.