This statistic provides information on the main reason U.S. mobile users began using mobile payments in 2015. Through the survey, it was found that 2.5 percent of U.S. users had accessed mobile payment services in the past 12 months because a store they visited started offering the service.
What are the main reasons you started using mobile payments?
Characteristic
Share of respondents
I liked the convenience of mobile payments
45%
I got a smartphone
20.5%
The ability to make mobile payments became available
13.8%
I became comfortable with the security of mobile payments
7.1%
Other
4.5%
To take advantage of loyalty or rewards points and discounts
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Federal Reserve. (March 30, 2016). What are the main reasons you started using mobile payments? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/291069/reason-began-using-mobile-payments/
Federal Reserve. "What are the main reasons you started using mobile payments?." Chart. March 30, 2016. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/291069/reason-began-using-mobile-payments/
Federal Reserve. (2016). What are the main reasons you started using mobile payments?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/291069/reason-began-using-mobile-payments/
Federal Reserve. "What Are The Main Reasons You Started Using Mobile Payments?." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Mar 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/291069/reason-began-using-mobile-payments/
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What are the main reasons you started using mobile payments? [Graph], Federal Reserve, March 30, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/291069/reason-began-using-mobile-payments/
