NAPAS deploys many activities in response to Cashless Day 2023

Cashless Day is an annual event organized by Tuoi Tre newspaper in coordination with the Payment Department and Communications Department of the State Bank of Vietnam, and NAPAS has been the coordinating unit for the past 5 years.

With the theme of this year's event being "Data connection, smart payment", NAPAS not only continues to promote the introduction of convenient, safe and easy-to-use payment methods for all people, but also promotes its pioneering role in building a connection infrastructure, actively cooperating to deploy smart payment solutions, improving the efficiency of economic activities and supporting the country's digital transformation process.

Deputy Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam experiences payment at the Cashless Town Festival

Strengthening cooperation, promoting smart transport payment solutions

At the national workshop "Data connection, smart payment to promote social development" held on June 16, 2023 with the participation and direction of Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai, nearly 400 guests from ministries, departments, branches, banks, financial institutions, ..., NAPAS shared about the Smart Ticket Card solution in public transport in Vietnam.

NAPAS leaders present a paper at the Cashless Day 2023 conference

Through the survey, it can be seen that currently our country still does not have a common ticket card standard, the traffic ticket card system is not interconnected, and there is no synchronous coordination between units. Therefore, people participating in traffic still have to pay in cash or use many different types of tickets. Meanwhile, many countries in the world have implemented a traffic ticket card model using bank cards such as the UK, Singapore, Thailand, ...

In response to the requirement of data synchronization and standardization of technical standards for payment in the public transport sector in Vietnam, in the role of a unit building the national retail payment infrastructure, NAPAS has shared some specific results in expanding cooperation with units in the past time, and at the same time, proposed some solutions to promote public transport payment in the coming time, specifically as (i) building a centralized electronic ticket card system at the national/city level; (ii) using bank cards in transport payments with resources of more than 50 million contactless chip cards that have just been converted from magnetic cards by banks. In terms of technology, NAPAS also recognized the need to issue standards for ticket cards according to open standards based on international standards and current domestic chip card standards VCCS, and at the same time apply new technology ABT (Account-based Ticketing) when building centralized ticket card systems of the country/city.

As part of the sideline activities of the Cashless Day 2023 program, on the morning of June 16, 2023, under the witness of the representative of the Ho Chi Minh City Public Transport Management Center and representatives of banks, NAPAS and ONEFIN Vietnam Joint Stock Company (ONEFIN Vietnam) signed a cooperation agreement to deploy a payment support solution for NAPAS domestic chip cards in transport payments and payments ineducational activities.

Cooperation signing ceremony between NAPAS and ONEFIN Vietnam

The above cooperation is implemented on the basis of the policy of the People's Committee and the Department of Transport of Ho Chi Minh City on piloting automatic payment for passenger transport by bus in the city, thereby officially implementing the automatic payment system for public transport on bus routes within the scope of ONEFIN's pilot license.

The cooperation content is the basis for both sides to be more active in researching and soon introducing modern electronic payment methods, not only serving the payment needs of customers but also contributing to promoting the habit of participating in public transport of people in Ho Chi Minh City.

Experience cashless payment and receive a "shower" of gifts from NAPAS at the Cashless Town Festival

During the 3 days of the Cashless Town Festival - the largest cashless payment event ever held on the central street of Le Loi, Ho Chi Minh City, NAPAS will organize interesting activities for visitors to experience payment via methods such as cards, VietQR. Accordingly, NAPAS has also prepared nearly 3,000 gifts including bags, hats, water bottles, etc. at the booth, thus promising to attract a large number of customers to participate.

In addition, to respond to the Promotion Month in June and July, NAPAS has coordinated with Saigon Co-op to launch a preferential program for customers. Specifically, customers will immediately receive 02 vouchers worth VND 50,000/voucher when using NAPAS Card to successfully pay bills of VND 500,000 or more at Co.opmart, Co.opmart SCA, Co.opXtra, Finelife supermarket systems under Saigon Co.op nationwide. The program is applicable from June 15 to August 15, 2023. For details, see here .

Previously, on the morning of June 13, NAPAS coordinated with Tuoi Tre newspaper to organize a training session on Cashless Revenue and Expenditure Management skills to provide knowledge and payment skills for small traders participating in the Cashless Festival.

On the afternoon of June 14, NAPAS continued to coordinate with Tuoi Tre Newspaper to launch the VietQR Code Sticker campaign in busy business areas and public administrative areas in Ho Chi Minh City. On the first day of the pilot, the Organizing Committee deployed QR code stickers at more than 200 business locations in Ben Thanh Market, Phu Nhuan District People's Committee, Ward 9 People's Committee (Phu Nhuan District), Ward 2 People's Committee (Phu Nhuan District) and Phan Xich Long Street.

With the meaning of popularizing electronic payment methods to every small retailer, business store, public administrative agency,... the campaign to activate cashless payment by scanning QR codes has received the attention and positive response of many people, thereby contributing to spreading the habit of cashless payment in the community and society.

As a national retail payment infrastructure provider and operator, NAPAS will continue to coordinate with banks and Tuoi Tre Newspaper to promote the expansion of QR code pasting activities throughout Ho Chi Minh City in the coming months.

Source: https://www.congluan.vn/napas-trien-khai-nhieu-hoat-dong-huong-ung-ngay-khong-tien-mat-2023-post251995.html