Selectable digital gifts ranked second behind bank transfers as the preferred way to receive future municipal aid in research released by DIGITALIO’s Digico service on October 7. Among respondents who had used that gift format, it ranked first. [S01][S03]

Across 801 respondents, 45.3% selected bank transfer as the format that would provide greatest satisfaction, compared with 37.5% for digital gifts offering redemption choices. Within the overlapping subgroup of 209 prior users, the figures were 38.8% and 51.7%, respectively. [S01]

The online questionnaire ran August 12-14 among Japanese residents aged 20-69 who had received, applied for or qualified for municipal economic support within three years. Separately, 48.1% described restricted merchant acceptance as an inconvenience of municipal currencies. [S01]

A choice of redemption routes

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