The COVID-19 lockdowns may have given an enduring boost to online payments, according to the Reserve Bank of Australia. The bank’s annual Payment Systems Board Annual Report, released on Wednesday, noted the share of online retail sales increased sharply during the lockdowns, to as much as 15 per cent of all sales.
As of the June quarter that had ebbed to just over 10 per cent, which is still up from about seven per cent at the end of 2019.
“This suggests that the pandemic may have induced a permanent change in shopping preferences for some consumers, which reinforces the trend increase in the use of electronic payment methods,” the report says.
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