八達通近月增3萬商戶 更多涉高額消費
八達通公佈,自8月1日派發第一期消費券至9月19日止,八達通日均零售交易金額及筆數是今年以來的2倍和1.5倍。同期,以八達通領取消費券的登記市民中,逾70%已使用超過2,000元。八達通卡有限公司營業及市務總監李玉兒表示,其夥拍150個商戶推出的300款電子優惠券廣受市民歡迎,截至9月19日已有超過400萬次下載,市民消費額較多的商戶類別分別爲超級市場、個人護理用品商戶,餐飲和影音、電器及電子用品。
李玉兒指,今年7月及8月對比第一季,經八達通應用程式以轉數快轉賬至八達通卡的增值額及筆數均升50%,同期市民開設電子直接付款授權服務的數目亦上升40%,可見市民消費意欲有所提升,同時亦已習慣使用電子支付。過去數月八達通亦新增3萬個商戶,申請使用八達通收款的商戶亦由過往和民生相關的轉到較高額消費的商戶,當中包括各類型食肆、酒店餐飲、大型電器商戶、網店、珠寶金飾、時尚服飾及美妝等等。截至8月底,八達通的支付點已超過13萬。
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