When I go to a coffee shop or a shopping mall with my friends, I usually see many people who use a smartphone for their payment. I was very surprised at first, however, I realized that these days, many people use their smartphone instead of credit cards or cash. People usually use their mobile payment for shopping, but they can also use it for different purposes. I believe it is very useful to people.

A long time ago, cash transactions were ordinary for people. However, for now, mobile payment is very useful to people. It provides cash, coupons, tickets, discount cards, and saving cards for multiple services in our smartphone. It can scan a barcode or QR code for code scanning. So, many companies use mobile payment for people's convenience. Also, people use mobile payments for their convenience.

▲ Statistics about people who use smartphone for their payments.

Recently, many people used mobile payment in their smartphone than cash or credit cards for convenience. They can use mobile payment everywhere such as shopping malls bookstores online shopping malls even in hospitals.

Distribution industry provides accessible services for consumers' payment, using AI, voice order, and voice payment. People can pay for their payment with only their voice. For example, Starbucks is connected to S for voice payment. This voice payment is called siren order, so people can order anything easier than before.

▲ People usually use their smartphone for their food payments.

Hospitals also use mobile payment for their patients. A patient said that is very easy to pay for his treatment. In this way, patients do not move for their payment, and they just pay using their mobile phones and go to the doctor's office right away. Doctors said that they will improve more for patients' convenience and they will develop the technology for their patients.

▲ The functions of smartphone in which people can use coupon

Mobile payment is more developed now than before. Not only in shopping malls and bookstores but also in hospitals, people can use their smartphone for their payment. I believe that developing technology provides people's convenience. People can use their smartphone not only payments but also different ways that they want.

Apr. 8th, 2018 by Gang Jung Eun