Pointless points for cashless settlement Average daily of about 820 million yen Oct. 12 6:44
In the week after the first day of this month when the cashless payment point redemption system began, the average amount returned to users was approximately 820 million yen per day. The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry says that the number of stores that apply for participation continues to increase even after the system has started, and that the start is going well.
The point redemption system started with the increase in the consumption tax rate on the 1st of this month, with a maximum of 5% being paid when cashless payments such as credit cards are made at small and medium-sized stores.
The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry estimated and summarized the usage status for the first week based on interviews with major payment providers.
According to this, the cashless settlement amount subject to return was approximately 20.2 billion yen per day, of which the amount returned to users using the system was approximately 8 per day on average. It was 200 million yen.
The number of participating stores was about 500,000 at the start, but since then, the number of stores applying for participation has increased at a rate of about 10,000 stores per day. I want to make the system known so that many stores and consumers can participate. "
On the other hand, regarding the point return system, a total of 20,000 mistakes have been confirmed in which information such as the return rate of the target stores and payment methods are registered incorrectly.
As for this problem, the settlement operator was rushing to respond, and as of 11th, about 90% was corrected.