Biedronka, Lidl drive digital payment growth in Poland | Progresiv

Shoppers at Poland’s leading discounters have responded enthusiastically to the introduction of mobile digital payment initiatives. The country’s leading retailer Biedronka introduced Blik as a payment option in September 2019, with rival discounter Lidl adopting the system from January 2019.

According to payments provider Blik, users conducted almost 90 million transactions in H1 of 2019 - almost as many as the full total of payments made in 2018. Of particular note was the 363% YoY increase in transactions at retail outlets, which jumped to over 5 million in the first six months of the year. (www.kantarretailiq.com)