Digital Wallet Users to Exceed 4.4B by 2025

Stimulated by the COVID-19 pandemic, its expected the number of unique digital wallet users to exceed 4.4B by 2025, up from 2.6 billion in 2020, according to a recent study from Juniper Research. The total amount spent through digital wallets is also expected to nearly double to $10 trillion annually by 2025 from $5.5 trillion...

What’s Next for Digital Payments in 2021?

COVID-19 has placed financial pressure like never before on companies and consumers. Banking institutions are forced to facilitate alternative payments and transfers with new automation, due to the increased number of e-commerce transactions and new consumer trends. A large proportion of people around the world made their first online purchase ever this year, with more...

Public Health Prioritizes Contactless Payments

Consumer and business behaviors change slowly, irrespective of the industry, for they require overcoming two key friction points: familiarizing oneself with new technology and going outside one’s comfort zone. Unless there is a dire need or a strongly enforced government or regulatory policy mandate, consumers and businesses are usually slow to change. How customer’s demand...