The Ministry of Economic Affairs has rolled out rebates of up to 20% for payments made by mobile phone. Until the end of the year, shoppers who use e-payment at some 200 commercial districts across Taiwan can get rebates of up to NT$1,000 a month. To stimulate spending, the Ministry of Economic Affairs has rolled out rebates at more than 200 commercial districts across the country. Customers who use mobile payment enjoy a rebate of up to 20%, capped at NT$1,000 a month.Member of the publicI''m used to using cash. But that''s a rather nice rebate. Now everyone will start using mobile payment.So long as incentives are in place, many shoppers are open to giving e-payment a try. To push mobile payment, the Ministry of Economic Affairs promoted the adoption of four local services: Taiwan Pay, JKO Pay, LINE Pay, and Pi. Mobile wallets make payments easy, but vendors say business will improve only when customers have more money in them.Fabric vendorHow can they shop when the pocketbook is empty? Most people who come here still use cash. The point is not how they pay. The point is that we have no shoppers and no business.Hsu Ching-chiDihua Street development associationA lot of people don''t know about the 20% rebate. There was a promotional campaign before, but people are forgetful. Over at Yongle Market, there are vendors with produce. There are snack vendors, selling products like the famous mullet roe. Can you use mobile payment for that? That''s the other thing - people are still quite unclear on what the policy is.Vendors say the government rolled out its rebates without paving the way with an information campaign. As a result, few shoppers realize there are savings to be had, and the onus has fallen on the vendors to inform them.
The Ministry of Economic Affairs has rolled out rebates of up to 20% for payments made by mobile phone. Until the end of the year, shoppers who use e-payment at some 200 commercial districts across Taiwan can get rebates of up to NT$1,000 a month. To stimulate spending, the Ministry of Economic Affairs has rolled out rebates at more than 200 commercial districts across the country. Customers who use mobile payment enjoy a rebate of up to 20%, capped at NT$1,000 a month.Member of the publicI''m used to using cash. But that''s a rather nice rebate. Now everyone will start using mobile payment.So long as incentives are in place, many shoppers are open to giving e-payment a try. To push mobile payment, the Ministry of Economic Affairs promoted the adoption of four local services: Taiwan Pay, JKO Pay, LINE Pay, and Pi. Mobile wallets make payments easy, but vendors say business will improve only when customers have more money in them.Fabric vendorHow can they shop when the pocketbook is empty? Most people who come here still use cash. The point is not how they pay. The point is that we have no shoppers and no business.Hsu Ching-chiDihua Street development associationA lot of people don''t know about the 20% rebate. There was a promotional campaign before, but people are forgetful. Over at Yongle Market, there are vendors with produce. There are snack vendors, selling products like the famous mullet roe. Can you use mobile payment for that? That''s the other thing - people are still quite unclear on what the policy is.Vendors say the government rolled out its rebates without paving the way with an information campaign. As a result, few shoppers realize there are savings to be had, and the onus has fallen on the vendors to inform them.
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