While the potential gains to all groups together may not be huge, they do seem to be positive, adding to the puzzle about the slowness of adoption of stored-value technology. From the consumer’s standpoint, there could be many potential advantages of electronic money, but there are also risks. Stored-value cards are easier to handle than either cash or checks.
The challenge moving forward is to keep this positive momentum going – and, on Government’s part, to ensure its Reform programmes gain ground, and that the deadlines to Parliamentary elections continue to be met. The BSP Fiji Group Let me come back to why we are here this evening.