There has been dramatic acceleration in mobile transactions during the COVID-19 pandemic as lockdown restrictions limited access to cash and financial institutions, GSMA annual State of the Industry report has revealed.
The report found that the number of registered accounts grew by 13 per cent globally in 2020 to more than 1.2 billion, double the forecast.
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