According to the latest data, Bizum has reached 25 million active users in Spain, which means that more than half of the country’s adult population already uses this service. With an average of 2.4 million bizums a day, this tool has become the way loved by many to split expenses or make that small transfer to a loved one.
However, be careful because this is leading to a big problem, since it is completely changing people’s personalities.
As explained in The Countryexperts in social behavior warn that the ease of dividing expenses to the penny is breaking the bonds of generosity that have normally characterized Spanish society.
You no longer hear so much of «I’ll buy you», but rather «I’ll give you a bizum of 2.75 euros for the coffee» or «Don’t worry, give me a bizum of 50 cents.»
Bizum has a dark side and is ending Spanish generosity
Surely you have encountered – or even been the one who has suggested it – with some of these situations: dinners or lunches with friends who split the restaurant bill down to the last cent or even sending minimum bizums for the supermarket purchase when you go with your partner.
In the end, This service gives you an instant solution to those small payments that were previously resolved with an «I’ll treat you» because I didn’t have any money and making a transfer was quite strange.
Experts argue that this obsession with economic equality and that the distribution is 100% fair could be hiding deeper problems, such as that some are somewhat «grabbed» and hide behind this app or even somewhat complicated economic situations. Others, however, see it as a simple reflection of a society that is increasingly individualistic and less inclined to invite you to that drink or that coffee.
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Tags: Smartphones, Apps, Economy