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Due to the increasing mobility of the people as a whole and the further need of convenience, so does the need for increasingly mobile payment platform. Rather than using cash, which is difficult to keep track as the number of transactions increase, a form of digital/ e-payment system is preferred. At the same time, however, credit cards are also falling out of favor due to the inherent lack of security of credit cards and the lack of convenience, not to mention the added burden to the users of having to constantly check and re-check their transaction receipts/ proof of payment.
This is why a completely separate payment method that is non-cash and non-credit card should be implemented more. In the United States, the preferred digital payment platform is Paypal; while in Mainland China, it is Alipay. Despite being one of the most technologically aware countries in the world, Taiwan does not have a wide, commonly used digital payment platform that is also integrated to physical stores. This is partially caused by the legal limitations of the payment platforms, but this limitation does not apply to already existing digital payment platforms or banks.
The decline in digital payment platform growth is caused by the lack of convenience in using it; in the sense that it is not widely available for usage. This is why if a digital payment platform is to be made, it must start from a peer-to-peer payment before moving into commerce. This is the reason for PaySplit’s existence.
Starting from a peer-to-peer payment reconciliation and balance checking, we aim to move into the commerce and business-to-consumer and business-to-business payment as well. Though the revenue flow seems non-existent, there are many ways for payment platforms to make money, including, but not limited to advertising, leeching payment, service charge, etc. If the figures hold, this business is very feasible and we should have a break even on the second year of operation.

Number of cellphone in Taiwan
http://www.taiwantoday.tw/ct.asp?xItem=232903&ctNode=2183

Number of transactions a day and month
http://www.bnext.com.tw/article/view/id/29226

No. of users for Pi App currently
http://www.bnext.com.tw/article/view/id/37816

No. of Taipei Tenants at Night Market
http://www.stat.gov.tw/public/Attachment/4513919532FZJFA2L.pdf

Number of people exposed to ad a day:
http://www.maataipei.org/upload/1368779201.pdf

Number of tourists to Taiwan by country in 2015
http://admin.taiwan.net.tw/statistics/year.aspx?no=134

Taiwan Internet Speed
http://focustaiwan.tw/news/ast/201401290016.aspx

Alipay stats
http://expandedramblings.com/index.php/alipay-statistics/

Splitwise Stat
https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/splitwise#/entity

Gash Pay Stat
https://tw.stock.yahoo.com/news_content/url/d/a/20151023/橘子喜事連連-旗下樂點獲第三方支付執照-年底前上線-070553387.html

Line Stat
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan-business/2015/02/04/428160/Taiwan-bank.htm http://www.nfcworld.com/2015/08/26/337259/line-pay-expands-to-taiwan/

3rd party pay
http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aeco/201511030040.aspx

Taiwan third party payment target market
http://topics.amcham.com.tw/2015/05/taiwans-payment-plan/

Easycounter review of PiApp
http://www.easycounter.com/report/piapp.com.tw

Taiwan Retail Data for dinning
http://www.nielsen.com/tw/en/insights/news/2014/taiwan-consumers-online-shopping-top-5-categories.html