AMMAN — In January 2024, Jordan witnessed a significant surge
in digital payments, totaling around JD2.2 billion, as per Al-Ghad. This
increase was evident across the country's three main digital immediate payment
systems: 'CLIQ,' 'JoMoPay,' and '
e-FAWATEERcom.'
اضافة اعلان
According to the monthly report from the
Jordan Payment and Clearing Systems Company (JoPACC), the value of payments made by Jordanians
through immediate digital payment systems, usable via smartphones, increased by
JD719 million. This represents a 49 percent rise compared to the value recorded
in January 2023, which was approximately JD1.48 billion.
The report indicated that immediate digital payments in
Jordan during January 2024 were distributed as follows: approximately JD694
million through CLIQ and around JD360 million through
JoMoPay, with the
e-FAWATEERcom system comprising the largest share of the total at about JD1.15
billion.
Furthermore, the data indicates that the total number of
payment transactions through all digital immediate payment systems during
January 2024 was approximately 13.25 million transactions. According to the
data, the number of transactions executed through the three digital systems
increased by six million transactions, representing an 84 percent increase
compared to the number of transactions executed through the systems in January
2023, which was approximately 7.2 million transactions.
Additionally, the total number of transactions executed
through digital immediate payment systems during January 2024 was distributed
as follows: approximately 4.49 million transactions through the CLIQ system,
about 3.5 million transactions through the JoMoPay system, and around 5.3
million transactions through the E-Fawateercom system.
Regarding the number of system users, it experienced an
increase due to the rising interest in electronic payments and their financial
transaction benefits. According to the report, the CLIQ system's user base
reached approximately 1.24 million by the end of January. The report
highlighted that Jordanians comprised the majority of Click users, at around
96.4 percent, with the remainder being non-Jordanians. Furthermore, the data
revealed that males constituted 63.4 percent of the total users, with females making
up the remaining percentage.
The data also revealed that the age group between 18 and 30
years old comprised the highest percentage of
CLIQ users, accounting for over
39 percent of the total by the end of January 2024.
For the JoMoPay system, the user count stood at
approximately 2.19 million by the end of January, with Jordanians comprising
the majority at over 88 percent of the total. Males represented 52.4 percent of
the users. Furthermore, the data indicated that the age group between 18 and 30
years old constituted the largest share of users, totaling about 790,000 within
this demographic.
The data further reported that the user count of the
E-Fawateercom system reached approximately 4.15 million by the end of January.
In addition, the number of users linked to the system comprised 505 individuals
from diverse governmental and private sectors. Presently, the system can
facilitate payments for 1,743 services catering to registered billers within
the system.
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