U.S. interest in-person mobile payments

This statistic presents the U.S. consumer interest in direct in-person mobile payments via special receiver rather than using traditional methods such as cash or payment cards. During the February 2015 survey period, it was found that 27 percent of consumers were interested in in-person mobile payments.

U.S. consumer interest in in-person mobile payments via tapping a receiver instead of traditional cash or payment cards as of February 2015

Characteristic	Total	Smartphone users
Very or somewhat interested [NET]	27%	37%
Very interested in using my smartphone instead of cash or cards	9%	13%
Somewhat interested in using my smartphone instead of cash or cards	18%	24%
Not very or not at all interested [NET]	58%	53%
Not very interested in using my smartphone instead of cash or cards	14%	18%
Not at all interested in using my smartphone instead of cash or cards	44%	35%
Not at all sure	15%	9%

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Release date

June 2015

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Region

United States

Survey time period

February 11 and 17, 2015

Number of respondents

total survey n = 2,221

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

Percentages may not add to 100% due to rounding
Original question: "How interested are you in being able to use your smartphone to process in-person payments via tapping a special receiver, rather than using cash or payment cards?"

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