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Liang is a FSS Senior Analyst in the Currency Department/Economic Research and Analysis at the Bank of Canada. With the background of Experimental Economics, she currently focusses on economic payment questionnaire and survey qualitative analysis.

Research Field(s): Business Surveys Experimental Economics Pricing Behaviour

Staff discussion papers

COVID-19 Hasn’t Killed Merchant Acceptance of Cash: Results from the 2023 Merchant Acceptance Survey

Staff Discussion Paper 2024-2 Angelika Welte, Katrina Talavera, Liang Wang, Joy Wu
The Bank of Canada’s Merchant Acceptance Survey finds that 96% of small and medium-sized businesses in Canada accepted cash in 2023. Acceptance of debit and credit cards has increased to 89%, and acceptance of digital payments has also increased. However, Canada is far from being a cashless society.
Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff discussion papers Topic(s): Bank notes, Digital currencies and fintech, Econometric and statistical methods JEL Code(s): C, C8, D, D2, D22, E, E4, L, L2

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