Cash-loving Japan reluctant to switch to app-based salary payments

Cash-loving Japan reluctant to switch to app-based salary payments

App-based digital salary payments are yet to gain traction in Japan two years after being introduced, with only a fraction of workers choosing the option despite the nation slowly trending towards a cashless future. Over 100 companies now offer PayPay, a government-approved mobile payment app, as a method to receive salaries, but only 2.8 percent of 20,000 people aged between 18 and 69 surveyed recently said they are paid via the app or another …

Although Japan has already made it possible to pay salaries using mobile apps two years ago, this form of payment is still of little interest, reports Kyodo news agency. This is despite the growing popularity of cashless payments.