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Lessons from the design of $100 CDC digital vouchers
The interface reflects a keen appreciation for local user preferences and payment practices
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Lim Sun Sun For The Straits Times
The $100 Community Development Council (CDC) vouchers distributed to every Singaporean household to help them cope with inflation have gone digital for the first time.
My family and I redeemed them at our favourite duck rice stall at Bedok South last week. To move her long queue of customers quickly, the stallholder peered into my phone and tapped the $2 and $5 vouchers on the screen, before asking me for a 50-cent cash top up to complete my $7.50 payment. I presented her with a $2 note and received $1.50 in coins.
