IAG MAR 2023

IAG MAR 2023年3月 亞博匯 22 COVER STORY T he world is going cashless. Buoyed by the ease of tap and go technology and with the COVID-19 pandemic having accelerated widespread acceptance of contactless payment methods, countries across the globe are now making the move towards fully cashless societies. Sweden – which saw the percentage of people using cash fall from 39% in 2010 to 9% in 2020 according to data from its central bank – is even tipped to become the first of these nations, set to go fully cashless before the end of this year. A recent report by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) estimates global cashless payments will increase by more than 80% from around 1 trillion in 2020 to 1.9 trillion in 2025 and close to 3 trillion by 2030. Asia- Pacific is also tipped to lead the way, with cashless transaction volume to grow by 109% through 2025 and then by a further 76% percent between 2025 and 2030, followed by Africa, Europe, LatAm and North America. In the gaming space, however, adoption of cashless technology across Asia-Pacific has typically lagged behind other regions like the United 全 球都正在走向無現 金化。 隨著「閃付」技術 的推廣及新冠疫情 加速大眾對非接觸 式支付方式的廣泛接受，世界各國皆在 朝著完全無現金的社會邁進。根據瑞典 央行的數據，該國使用現金的人口比例 從2010年的39%下降到2020年的9%， 甚至有望在今年年底前成為第一個完全 實現無現金的國家。 普華永道（P w C）最近的一份 報告估計，全球無現金支付從2020 年的約1萬億宗增加到2025年的1 . 9 萬 億 ， 增 長 逾 八 成 。 亞 太 地 區 處 於領先地位，至 2 0 2 5 年無現金交 易量將增長1 0 9%，然後在2 0 2 5年 至2 0 3 0年間，進一步增長 7 6 %。 其次是非洲、歐洲、拉美和北美。 然而，在博彩領域，亞太地區對 無現金技術的採用，仍然落後於美國 等其他地區。內華達州等司法管轄區