Amman – The electronic payment sector in the Kingdom continues to grow and expand, with the increasing adoption of instant digital payment methods by Jordanians, which have made their daily and professional lives easier. These payments recorded a new record level during the first seven months of this year, reaching around JD 23.2 billion, according to official figures.
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According to a review conducted by Al Ghad of the three main instant payment systems (CliQ, JoMoPay, and eFAWATEERcom), and with payments through these systems reaching this new record level, they have increased by JD 6.7 billion, or 40% year-on-year, compared to their value during the first seven months of last year, which was JD 16.5 billion.
The figures for instant digital payments include the three systems operating in the Kingdom: "CliQ", "JoMoPay", and "eFAWATEERcom", with data showing that the "CliQ" system currently leads all other systems in terms of number and value of transactions.
This comes at a time when official figures show that the number of mobile phone users now exceeds 8 million, and the number of internet users, across all wired and wireless technologies, exceeds 11 million.
According to Al Ghad’s review, the value of instant digital payments through the three systems during the first seven months was distributed as follows: around JD 10.75 billion through "CliQ", about JD 3.56 billion through the e-wallet system "JoMoPay", and around JD 8.89 billion through the electronic bill presentment and payment system "eFAWATEERcom".
In a related context, data showed that the total number of payment transactions across all instant digital payment systems during the first seven months of this year reached approximately 180 million transactions.
According to the data, the number of transactions through all systems increased by 74 million, or 69%, compared to the 106 million transactions recorded during the same period last year.
As for the number of users of each system, the figures showed that the number of users of the "eFAWATEERcom" system reached about 4.8 million by the end of July.
The data also showed that the number of users of the mobile payment system "JoMoPay" reached approximately 2.63 million by the end of July. As for the number of users of the instant payment system "CliQ", it reached around 1.92 thousand users.
