South Africans increasingly prefer using mobile devices
Good old-fashioned leather wallets are increasingly being replaced by plastic, metal and glass as more and more South Africans prefer using their mobile device as a digital wallet.
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On Monday online payment platform PayPal released a report showing that more than half of all South Africans with smartphones were using their devices as their preferred method of transacting.
Of the people surveyed, 46% said that being able to shop on their mobile phone has made them buy more, while 52% said that in the past month they've left the house without their wallet at least once, instead making their payments with their mobile device.
Source: The Times