Triannual level of cash payments in the U.S. 2015-2018

The share of cash at points-of-sale was estimated to be around 10 percent, although this is based on a limited amount of information. No data exists on the actual use of cash money, outside of survey diaries. To that end, the numbers shown here are estimations based on the available data regarding cash withdrawals and payment transactions, and assume that consumers who withdraw cash money are likely to spend this in a physical store. As not all payment data is readily available, like the use of OTC or over-the-counter cash withdrawals, note this can still mean that the cash share numbers provided here are not necessarily accurate. In the case of the United States, figures are less publicly available than for, for example, European countries, as especially the ATM cash withdrawals is not measured often. One of the reasons the figures provided here look relatively old is because some of its measurements stem a three-year annual survey. Instead, the country does focus a lot more on data covering "noncash" payments.