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Cash-loving Japan reluctant to switch to app-based salary payments


App-based digital salary payments are yet to gain traction in Japan two years after being introduced, with only a fraction of workers choosing the option despite the nation slowly trending towards a cashless future.

App-based digital salary payments are yet to gain traction in Japan two years after being introduced, with only a fraction of workers choosing the option despite the nation slowly trending towards a cashless future. Partial or complete salary payments via one of the approved apps are also mostly available only to full-time employees, with the experts saying that part-time workers who want to be paid more swiftly are a group that would likely take up the option more readily. The percentage of cashless payments in 2024 topped 40 percent of all settlements in value, achieving the government's target a year ahead of schedule, the economy ministry said.

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