The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically accelerated use of non-traditional payment methods in Southeast Asia, according to a study from ACI Worldwide Resarch. Three out of five consumers (61%) in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Singapore prefer real-time payments as a favored way to pay in 2021, level with cash (61%) and higher than other payment categories, including digital wallets requiring cash or card top-ups (56%) and credit cards (30%).

Mexico’s Grupo Modelo, Intel Corporation and Retailigent Media will work VSBLTY Groupe Technologies and Tech Mahindra to roll out, operate, and analyze video cameras, screens, and hardware to create the largest in-store media network in Latin America. In addition to advertising the network will provide store traffic and customer anonymous demographics, coupled with daily sales, critical operations-related data and real time security. Deployment is already underway in Mexico, Ecuador, Colombia and Peru.