Small and medium-sized e-commerce companies tend to have fewer payment methods available for customers than larger firms. A survey of merchants involved in e-commerce fraud and payment management worldwide showed that, on average, mid-market and large enterprises offered 4.5 to 5 means of payment to their clients. In contrast, smaller businesses had an average of 4.2 payment methods. Small and midsize companies also had a much lower average number of payment methods added in the previous 12 months, at only 1.7 new payment options.
Average number of payment methods accepted and recently added by e-commerce merchants worldwide in 2022, by business size
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1,072 merchants involved in e-commerce fraud and payment management*
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* The study included retailers in North America (41 percent), Europe (25 percent), Asia-Pacific (17 percent), and Latin America (17 percent).
The source breaks down the size of online businesses as follows:
- SMB (50,000 to 5 million U.S. dollars)
- Mid-Market (5 million to 50 million U.S. dollars)
- Enterprise (50 million U.S. dollars or more)
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