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China leads in global QR code use, with Thailand securing third place, according to recent data from Data Reportal.

 

On 25th March 2025, Data Reportal released new figures highlighting the worldwide use of QR codes via smartphones in 2024.

 

 

 

The results show that QR codes, largely used for making payments for goods and services, are most popular in China, with 67.4% of the population using them.

 

Malaysia follows closely with 66.1%, while Thailand ranks third at 61.5%. Argentina and Brazil complete the top five, with utilisation rates of 61% and 60.8% respectively, reported Daily News.

 

-- 2025-03-25

 

 

I wonder when the hookers are going to use this method of hang on theres no prostitution in Thailand sorry

14 minutes ago, ozz1 said:

I wonder when the hookers are going to use this method

 

Why would they, they'll have to pay tax.

 

I mentally time those transactions at 7/11s and food carts. Typically takes 3X as long as I do just paying cash. Bonus of QR is you are giving away valuable info on your spending habits etc that can be sold for a pretty penny. No one would care where my money goes, but I'll be darned if I let those banking types get it for free

1 hour ago, Emdog said:

I mentally time those transactions at 7/11s and food carts. Typically takes 3X as long as I do just paying cash. Bonus of QR is you are giving away valuable info on your spending habits etc that can be sold for a pretty penny. No one would care where my money goes, but I'll be darned if I let those banking types get it for free

 

3X as long using a QR code?  Yea maybe on a good day....I walked out of a 7-11 the other day because the lady in front of me in line was taking ages to get her pay by phone to work...I finally just left.....

The only places I use the bank to pay, is when I can tap my bank card (Lotus and BigC), OR payments in a busy 7/11 are a pain if you are in the line.

 

Also, please don't wait till the cashier asks for the money, before you decide to get your wallet or purse out from a bag.

 

Have the money ready ffs

On 3/25/2025 at 12:21 PM, redwood1 said:

 

3X as long using a QR code?  Yea maybe on a good day....I walked out of a 7-11 the other day because the lady in front of me in line was taking ages to get her pay by phone to work...I finally just left.....

Three days go I spent 25 minutes standing in line, second person waiting, at Makro.  Back and forth the cashier went to the customer service desk.  I was in the 20 items or less line.  My butter all but melted.

People don't realise that the more they use this system, the closer it brings everyone to a cashless society whereby the government will gain all control on your bank account.  In China if your "social credit score" suffers, they've got you buy the balls.  No ice cream for you.

Why can't they just use a debit card ,show it to the card reader  job done ,when I am back in the UK that is about all I use now, takes a bit of getting use to paying for a pint of beer using a card, I use to always have UK cash here for trips back ,now it is about 40 GBP ,for that just in case time.

Last time I was in the UK, someone in front was using they mobile phone to pay for some shopping, but it would not work, I thought I was back in LOS for a few seconds.

I always pay by cash. A cashless society gives them so much power and tracking. 

5 hours ago, kickstart said:

Why can't they just use a debit card ,show it to the card reader  job done ,when I am back in the UK that is about all I use now, takes a bit of getting use to paying for a pint of beer using a card, I use to always have UK cash here for trips back ,now it is about 40 GBP ,for that just in case time.

Last time I was in the UK, someone in front was using they mobile phone to pay for some shopping, but it would not work, I thought I was back in LOS for a few seconds.

I am in OZ. I always use my debit card to pay; it only takes a few seconds; it is called tap and go

On 3/30/2025 at 11:05 PM, kickstart said:

Why can't they just use a debit card ,show it to the card reader  job done ,when I am back in the UK that is about all I use now, takes a bit of getting use to paying for a pint of beer using a card, I use to always have UK cash here for trips back ,now it is about 40 GBP ,for that just in case time.

Last time I was in the UK, someone in front was using they mobile phone to pay for some shopping, but it would not work, I thought I was back in LOS for a few seconds.

Because a debit or credit card will cause the merchant to pay a fee. The Thai QR Promptpay system is free to use under 5,000 Baht and even then a sliding scale of 2 Baht for up to 30,000, 5 Baht for 30k-100k, and 10 baht for over 100k. It's incredibly cost effective for people to accept money, especially for those small merchants every day.

The QR system in Thailand is awesome phenomenal advancement when you consider how much is being skimmed by bank fees, or card schemes elsewhere.

How well does this system work when there's a power cut, I wonder