Description
Countries Covered: Australia, China, France, Germany, South Korea, UK, USA
Pages: 67
Publication Date: 18/07/2019
Questions Covered in the report:
What are the top innovation trends in global payments in 2019?
How large are biometric and voice payments projected to be in 2023?
What is the future of IoT payments?
How large are the cryptocurrency payments to merchants in 2019?
How many real-time payment schemes are there worldwide?
Key findings:
Innovation reshapes the global payments landscape
Mobile biometrics as the future of payment authentication
One of the top innovation trends in global payments is mobile biometrics. As of 2019, consumers own billions of electronic devices equipped with some form of biometric authentication – fingerprint, iris scanner, facial recognition, and others. Coupled with the digital payment means, for example Apple Pay, Google Pay and Samsung Pay and the like, these devices enable a new form of payments – biometric payments. According to a projection cited in the yStats.com report, the value of mobile payment transactions authenticated with biometrics is projected to shoot up between now and 2023, with more than two-thirds of global shoppers willing to use biometrics to secure their payment transactions.
AI and IoT at the forefront of payment innovation
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT) have also found their application in global payments. AI-powered virtual assistants are increasingly used to make digital purchases and payments using voice command. In advanced digital markets such as the USA and the UK, a double-digit share of consumers who own a voice assistant have already used it to make a payment, according to a recent survey from 2019 cited by yStats.com. IoT payments are also projected to see rapid growth through 2023, led by connected cars and connected home devices. However, for these new payment forms to realize their full potential, many consumers still need to be convinced that such transactions are secure. More than one in two global respondents would only use voice-activated payments for lower value purchases, and less than 50% trusted that such voice payments are secure.
Cryptocurrency payments are yet to gain consumer trust
Among other innovations, the cryptocurrency boom has spilled over into the payments space, as the yStats.com report shows. While only a single percentage point of global economic activity with Bitcoin is attributed to merchant payments as of the beginning of 2019, this still translates into a payment volume of several billions of U.S. dollars over the full year. Although more businesses are starting to accept crypto payments and new digital currencies are being launched, consumers are wary of the high volatility and complexity of this payment mean.
