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More Filipinos are starting to embrace and eventually enjoy new trends
that are slated to improve their modern life such as online shopping and cashless
transactions within the comforts of their own home or during their busy
itinerary. It would only be a matter of time before these trends could start a
new revolution for Filipinos living and coping in today's modern world.
Based on what I have read from newspapers and online resources, it is
clear that the ongoing advent and evolution of modern technology trends and
innovations such as smartphones, streaming services and financial technology
models among others play a major role in the future outlook as consumers are
looking for something that would not only cater to their own taste but to make
their own modern life more convenient. With what I have learned through the years,
it seems that the outlook continues to push through.
What makes a Filipino-style cashless life more intriguing for me is
from a recently-released report from an world-renouned payment brand where I
learned that most Filipinos prefer to pay their bills online while others
consider online shopping sites for the things they need. Through the years,
people would go by any means to the offices of major utilities, accredited
payment centers and customer service counters with their receipts and
statements of account just to pay their bills before the due date. Nowadays, online
services and ordinary small businesses become the most convenient way for any
consumer to pay his or her bills without any worries intact.
On the other hand, online shopping is steadily making progress as a
growing trend in the Metro and several parts of the country with many consumers
having free time on their computers and mobile devices to choose what they want
to purchase without the need to go to malls and department stores before
resuming their work schedule. Unfortunately, the rise of e-commerce and online
shopping is a minor hindrance to physical stores especially within shopping and
commercial centers as they continue to find ways and exert efforts to promote
their products to their customers. I can say that traditional stores have more
advantages over online shops, and that could be one of them.
