The paper deals with cashless payments during the pandemic situation caused by Covid-19. The aim of the paper will be to use the method of analysis and comparison of selected data to answer the following research question: Has the pandemic caused by Covid-19 contributed to increasing the share...

Purpose: This study aims to propose a potential tax model for taxing e-commerce transactions in Malaysia. Design/methodology/approach: A qualitative approach was employed in this study to unravel methods for taxing e-commerce transactions in Malaysia by interviewing key policymakers, tax...

This study examines factors influencing the adoption of cashless payment in Malaysia using a well-established unified theory of adoption and use of technology, UTAUT2. A total of 301 completed and usable questionnaires were collected from Malaysian consumers to test the hypotheses. Analysis of a...

In late 2021 and early 2022, CEMLA conducted a thorough survey involving 12 central banks to analyze key aspects related to the potential implementation of a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC). The findings revealed prevalent issues and objectives regarding digital payments in the region, as...

This paper examines the antecedents of cashless payment systems among businesses in Malaysia. The adoption of cashless payment systems by businesses has the potential to reduce the costs related to handling huge amounts of cash in the market and enhance transaction speed. Unfortunately, its...

Distributed ledger technologies (DLT) are increasingly considered to enhance payment systems' and market infrastructures' functionalities like their accessibility and interoperability. We explore DLT architecture options to enable a new tiered access in the RTGS system of Chile for new payment...

Cashless payment has rapidly developed in emerging markets following the digitization of finance. In this paper, by calculating the ratio of cashless payment in Russia, we find that it takes the shape of J-curve exponential growth, unlike in other developed and emerging economies. Although debit...

Remittances constitute a significant safety net for millions of households in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). Consequently, changes in international transfers can be a crucial agent of transmission of the COVID-19 induced economic crisis from richer to poorer nations and from urban to...