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, sorted by age group. During the February 2015 survey period, it was found that 39 percent of Millennial 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, by age group
Characteristic
Millennials (18-37)
Gen X (38-49)
Baby Boomers (50-68)
Matures (69+)
Very or somewhat interested [NET]
39%
33%
19%
7%
Very interested in using my smartphone instead of cash or cards
15%
12%
6%
1%
Somewhat interested in using my smartphone instead of cash or cards
25%
22%
13%
6%
Not very or not at all interested [NET]
49%
55%
65%
67%
Not very interested in using my smartphone instead of cash or cards
20%
13%
12%
5%
Not at all interested in using my smartphone instead of cash or cards
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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Harris Interactive. (June 18, 2015). U.S. consumer interest in in-person mobile payments via tapping a receiver instead of traditional cash or payment cards as of February 2015, by age group [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 24, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/442844/us-interest-in-person-mobile-payments-age/
Harris Interactive. "U.S. consumer interest in in-person mobile payments via tapping a receiver instead of traditional cash or payment cards as of February 2015, by age group." Chart. June 18, 2015. Statista. Accessed December 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/442844/us-interest-in-person-mobile-payments-age/
Harris Interactive. (2015). U.S. consumer interest in in-person mobile payments via tapping a receiver instead of traditional cash or payment cards as of February 2015, by age group. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/442844/us-interest-in-person-mobile-payments-age/
Harris Interactive. "U.S. Consumer Interest in In-person Mobile Payments via Tapping a Receiver Instead of Traditional Cash or Payment Cards as of February 2015, by Age Group." Statista, Statista Inc., 18 Jun 2015, https://www.statista.com/statistics/442844/us-interest-in-person-mobile-payments-age/
Harris Interactive, U.S. consumer interest in in-person mobile payments via tapping a receiver instead of traditional cash or payment cards as of February 2015, by age group Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/442844/us-interest-in-person-mobile-payments-age/ (last visited December 24, 2024)
U.S. consumer interest in in-person mobile payments via tapping a receiver instead of traditional cash or payment cards as of February 2015, by age group [Graph], Harris Interactive, June 18, 2015. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/442844/us-interest-in-person-mobile-payments-age/
