BAKU, Azerbaijan, Jan. 15
By Tamilla Mammadova – Trend:
“Digitalization of Life” survey showed how Georgia is open to innovative payment solutions, Igor Stepanov, Regional Director of MasterCard in Georgia and Central Asia told Trend.
Georgia supports global digital trends and even outstripping European preferences for innovations in some areas, he said.
"For instance, 44 percent of research participants consider fingerprint recognition the most preferred method of identity check, whereas only about 38 percent of Europeans prefer this method," Stepanov added.
According to him, the contactless card has already become a symbol of speed, safety, and comfort of payments in the country, where 48 percent of respondents use it for payments. MasterCard sees the emergence of a new trend, smartphone payments.
"We at MasterCard do a lot together with our partner banks to develop a "digital" lifestyle: in particular, Georgian cardholders got new opportunities for digital payments with the launch of the first NFC-wallets for smartphone payments in the country," he noted.
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