{"id":516860,"date":"2026-04-07T02:06:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T02:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/516860\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T02:06:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T02:06:14","slug":"singapore-taps-digital-payments-everywhere-but-cash-still-lingers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/516860\/","title":{"rendered":"Singapore taps digital payments everywhere, but cash still lingers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"scrolly-text svelte-edryl3\">In Singapore, the morning commute typically begins with a bus or MRT ride. 53% of Singaporeans and permanent residents regularly use credit\/debit cards for public transport and 36% regularly use stored-value cards.<br \/>Note: Figures do not add up to 100% because of the survey\u2019s multiple-choice format.<\/p>\n<p class=\"scrolly-text svelte-edryl3\">A simple breakfast ritual could be a standard kaya toast set and kopi-o. <br \/>75% regularly use credit\/debit cards and 33% regularly use cash.<\/p>\n<p class=\"scrolly-text svelte-edryl3\">For lunch, a plate of Hainanese chicken rice at a hawker centre remains a go-to comfort meal.<br \/>65% regularly use cash, 50% regularly use PayNow.<\/p>\n<p class=\"scrolly-text svelte-edryl3\">After work, grocery shopping is often a quick stop before heading home.<br \/>72% regularly use credit\/debit cards and 42% regularly use cash.<\/p>\n<p class=\"scrolly-text svelte-edryl3\">The day winds down with online shopping as a nightly ritual. <br \/>75% regularly use credit\/debit cards and 34% regularly use PayNow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In Singapore, the morning commute typically begins with a bus or MRT ride. 53% of Singaporeans and permanent&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":516861,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[2306,86,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-516860","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mobile","8":"tag-mobile","9":"tag-technology","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=516860"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516860\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/516861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=516860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=516860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=516860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}