Number of Czechs trying mobile phone payment doubles in five years

Some 44 percent of Czechs have made payments using a mobile phone, according to a survey carried out by Mastercard and cited by the Czech News Agency. Five years ago less than half that number, 19 percent, had experience of paying with their phones.

Smart watches are also being used more to make purchases, with 15 percent of respondents in the study saying they had done so.