This paper addresses the challenges associated to the strength of potential for payment with traditional metal cash and paper money versus a non-cash method of payment in the era of the COVID 19 pandemic in the world and our country. The pandemic served to accelerate the contactless method of payment, because payment without contact is now not only a convenience, but a necessity. Before the pandemic in Europe, cash accounted for close to half of the payments, and in just a few weeks of the COVID 19 pandemic, it fell by 10 percent. Concepts that have so far preferred cash were definitely compromised during the pandemic crisis, and the pandemic is actually the strongest marketing of digital contactless payment methods so far, through the dominant contactless style of money exchange in the world and Europe, as shown in the paper we have today. Some research studies described in the paper in form of the health adventages of mobile wallet payments, as opposed to the proven health-threatening cash and coin-based cash payment model, indicate that the end of the cash era is approaching, being primarily accelerated by the health risk of COVID 19 infection. Particularly interesting is the live study conducted in the area of the northern Kosovo and Metohija, presented in a form of a set of financial services offered by the Postal Savings Bank of the Kosovska Mitrovica branch office, and relation between the contactless and cash payment model, before and after the COVID 19 pandemic. Naturally, all of this is accompanied by significantly limited knowledge related to SARS Cov 2, better known as the current COVID 19 pandemic.

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After the outbreak of the novel SARS-COV-2 coronavirus, in the Chinese province of Wuhan that spread rapidly across the world, the Government of the Republic of Serbia introduced protection measures in March 2020, to prevent the spread of the infectious disease COVID-19 in Serbia. All gatherings indoors (sport, cultural and other events), as well as in parks and public places intended for recreation and sports, were prohibited. Shortly after, a lockdown took place which prohibited leaving home with the exception of basic needs, work from home was recommended and online schooling was introduced. The World Health Organization has recommended the use of online resources to maintain basic physical activity. In these circumstances of social distancing, this study examines the prevalence of physical activity supported by social networks and mobile applications during the COVID-19 lockdown in Serbia. The study was conducted as a cross-sectional study, using questionnaire distributed through social networks. The study found that more than a third of respondents (38.3%) used social networks or mobile apps to perform physical activity during the lockdown in Serbia; 27.1% used social networks/mobile apps before the pandemic, while 11.2% began to use social networks/mobile apps to perform physical activity during the lockdown. Easy access and review of exercises were the most common reasons for using social networks/mobile apps. 40% of the participants in the study agreed that social networks/mobile apps, make it easier to engage in physical activity. Based on the presented results, it can be concluded that the promotion of physical activity at home through social networks and mobile apps can provide an invaluable contribution to maintaining physical activity globally during pandemics such as COVID-19.