On international websites, even in a year marked by the Covid-19 pandemic. In which domestic consumption was called upon to face. The subsequent economic crisis. According to data revealed today by Revolut, compiled between March 1 and. December Portuguese users spent more than three times on international e-commerce sites, when comparing the amounts spent on domestic sites. Despite this, e-commerce on Portuguese pages registered a substantial increase, with users spending three times more on national brands when compared to the same period of the previous year. In the last three months of the year alone – which included spending on Black Friday,
Cyber Monday and the
Christmas shopping period, the brands in which Portuguese Revolut users made their purchases were Amazon, Aliexpress, Apple, Zara and Ebay. Revolut, the financial super app based in the United Kingdom, already has more than thousand users in Portugal and more Bulgaria Email List than million globally. Travel goes downhill Unsurprisingly, the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and restrictions on movement have substantially affected travel outside the country. There was a drop of almost 58% in the number of Portuguese users traveling in this period of, compared to the same period of the previous year.
The drastic reduction in the number
Of travelers also negatively impacted the amount spent abroad, with a 67% drop in amounts spent across borders in . Portuguese hoarded in a pandemic year With no travel plans and in view of the uncertainty that is expected for this year, the Portuguese managed to store some B2C Fax money in the Revolut Safes, having on December twice the amount they had set aside on March . Contactless payments grow Portuguese users also adhered to safer ways to make their payments. In March payments with Revolut contactless cards were around 53%. In December, the percentage of payments made using contactless technology surpassed 77%, with the remaining .
