Consumers still prefer to use cash when dining out, shopping at convenience stores: Survey

Credit cards, used most often by 47 per cent of respondents, are the most popular payment mode. ST PHOTO: KUA CHEE SIONG
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SINGAPORE - Cash is still the preferred payment choice for many at food and beverage outlets and convenience stores despite Singapore's ongoing push for digital payments, noted a recent survey.

About 33 per cent of respondents nominated cash as their top choice when paying at fast food places, restaurants and food courts. The payment method was outdone only by credit cards, which are favoured by 44 per cent of consumers at these places.

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