According to a survey by Rakuten Insight on e-payment usage in 2022, the top reason South Korean respondents gave for not using e-payment services was that they did not trust such services. The second reason was that they preferred to pay with cash. In the same survey, around 87 percent of respondents had made a transaction using e-payment methods.
Main reasons for not making e-payments among respondents in South Korea as of October 2022
among female and male respondents that had made e-payment transactions
Method of interview
Online survey
Supplementary notes
Original question: What are your reasons for making e-payment transactions? (choose up to two answers)
The survey was conducted among 322 female and 417 male respondents. Other surveyed countries included China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Taiwan.
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Rakuten Insight. (December 29, 2022). Main reasons for not making e-payments among respondents in South Korea as of October 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 09, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1106712/south-korea-main-reasons-against-e-payments/
Rakuten Insight. "Main reasons for not making e-payments among respondents in South Korea as of October 2022." Chart. December 29, 2022. Statista. Accessed January 09, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1106712/south-korea-main-reasons-against-e-payments/
Rakuten Insight. (2022). Main reasons for not making e-payments among respondents in South Korea as of October 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 09, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1106712/south-korea-main-reasons-against-e-payments/
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Rakuten Insight, Main reasons for not making e-payments among respondents in South Korea as of October 2022 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1106712/south-korea-main-reasons-against-e-payments/ (last visited January 09, 2025)
Main reasons for not making e-payments among respondents in South Korea as of October 2022 [Graph], Rakuten Insight, December 29, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1106712/south-korea-main-reasons-against-e-payments/