Debit Card Use for Online Shopping Skyrockets in Greece, Report Finds

Nearly each Greek net users present store online, with the usage of debit cards for e-commerce payments skyrocketing from conscionable 9% to 57% successful the past year, according to a caller report.

The yearly e-commerce survey from the integer payments institution Nexi Greece highlights the accelerated maturation of the Greek online market. 

The study recovered that 97% of net users present marque online purchases, with a beardown penchant for home e-shops.

Fashion remains the astir fashionable online buying category, followed by nutrient transportation and pharmacy products. 

Security, speed, and easiness of usage were cited arsenic the apical factors influencing a shopper's prime of outgo method.

"This year’s results corroborate that e-commerce is present the ascendant buying method successful Greece," said Eleni Argyropoulou, Head of Commercial astatine Nexi Greece. 

Digital wallets similar Apple Pay and Google Pay are besides rapidly gaining popularity, according to the report.