There are also concerns of high cost incurred by merchants using facilitating cashless payments. For instance, merchants told The New Times on average, the cost of POS transactions which is about 2.5 per cent of each transaction value was relatively high considering that they also incur costs to run the respective bank accounts.
Kuyaphazamisa ukucabanga nezindleko abahwebi ababhekana nazo uma bamukela imali engesiwona ukheshe. Isibonelo, abahwebi batshela i-New Times ukuthi ngokusendimeni izindleko zokukhokhelana nge-PO zithi azibe amaphesenti ama- 2.5 aloko naloko kuthengiselana kanti loko kuphezulu ngempela uma ubheka ukuthi kukhona nezindleko zama akhawunti asebhange.