Electronic payment via mobile phones in Jordan increased 43% on October
13-11-2022 10:20 AM
Ammon News - The number of e-wallets in Jordan increased by the end of last October, to 1.98 million, compared to 1.91 million wallets last September, an increase of 3.7%, according to the report of the Jordan Payments & Clearing Company (JoPACC)
JoPACC added in its report issued last month, that 1.36 million transactions were executed through the mobile payment system, compared to 950,000 transactions in September, an increase of 43.2%.
The value of transactions of the payment system through the e-wallets amounted to 173 million dinars last month, compared to 125 million dinars in the previous month with an increase of 38.4%, according to the report, which indicated that 96.4% of these funds were through money transfer and 2.4% as withdrawals, according to JoPACC.
The report showed that 62.1% of e-wallets clients are males, with a number of 1.22 million people, and 37.9% of clients are females, with a number of 740 thousand.
On January 16, 2017, the Central Bank of Jordan and 25 banks operating in Jordan agreed to establish the “Jordan Payments & Clearing Company (JoPACC),” a private company limited by shares, headquartered in Amman, Jordan, with an authorized capital of 12 million Jordanian dinars.