According to the report on May 27 on the website of the Wall Street Journal, in the mobile payment boom in India, even beggars use QR codes to beg for money. On a recent working day, at a railway station in Bihar state, eastern India, a beggar walked around with an iron bucket for begging Cash - and a two-dimensional code.
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A few months ago, Raju Prasad began receiving handouts through a mobile payment application.
"People used to blow me away and say they didn't have cash. Now, they scan my QR code and happily give me the money they want - no matter how small the amount is," Prasad said
The fact that beggars and their benefactors are part of India's digital financial revolution helps explain the explosive growth of mobile payments.
Indians have been migrating to digital financial services for some time. This is partly due to the increase of wealth, the convenience of the Internet and the reduction of technology costs - and also because Prime Minister modi has made digital transformation the core of government policy.
The "digital India" plan was launched in 2015. Its purpose is to achieve faster and broader economic growth by promoting the Internet of government and banking services and by enabling the poor people in India (especially in rural areas) to enter the formal economy through technology investment.
However, the current epidemic has greatly contributed to this transformation. The blockade forced millions of people to buy groceries and medicines through mobile apps because they could not leave their homes. ATMs are running out of cash - and even if there is cash in them, many people avoid using them because they are afraid of catching viruses.