Digital Payments: United States

Report Overview

This report provides US digital consumer payments data in nominal US dollars for 2015 to 2019. Total retail sales data is provided and e-commerce sales are segmented in terms of: in-store fulfillment, internet-only retailer direct fulfillment, and omni-channel retailer direct fulfillment.

Estimated quarterly total retail sales and e-commerce sales in nominal US dollars are also provided from the third quarter of 2018 through the second quarter of 2020.

This report also provides the number of monthly consumer payments by the type of payment instrument for 2015 to 2019 segmented by: paper instruments (cash, check, money order); payment cards (debit; credit or charge; prepaid, gift, electronic benefit transfer); electronic payments (bank account number payment, online banking bill payment); and other (mobile payment app, account to account transfer, income deduction, other).

A full outline of report items by page is available in the Table of Contents.

Related NAICS Codes:
522110 Commercial Banking
522120 Savings Institutions
522210 Credit Card Issuing
522220 Sales Financing
522292 Real Estate Credit
522293 International Trade Financing
522294 Secondary Market Financing
522298 All Other Nondepository Credit Intermediation
522320 Financial Transactions Processing, Reserve, and Clearinghouse Activities

• Market Size
• E-Commerce Growth Drives Electronic Payments
• COVID-19 Pandemic Pushes Digital Commerce Into Overdrive
• Electronic Payments Share Continues to Rise
• Digital Banking & Payment Access Predominates
• It Is a Mobile World
• Fintech Innovation Drives Digital Payments Transformation
• Words to Live by: Faster, Easier, Invisible, Engaged
• The Faster Payments Opportunity
• Payments Fade Into the Background
• Contactless Card Renaissance
• The COVID-19 Effect
• Payment Method & Payment Method Safety Shifts
• Spending & Banking Behavior Shifts
• Shifts in Consumer Credit Use & Future Payment Choices

• Scope
• Sources
• Industry Codes
• Resources

• Figure 1 | Key Trends in US E-Commerce Sales, 2015 - 2019
• Figure 2 | US E-Commerce Sales: In-Store, Internet-Only Direct, & Omni-Channel Direct, 2015 - 2019 (US$ bil)
• Table 1 | US E-Commerce Sales: In-Store, Internet-Only Direct, & Omni-Channel Direct, 2015 - 2019 (US$ bil)
• Figure 3 | US E-Commerce Sales: In-Store, Internet-Only Direct, & Omni-Channel Direct, 2015 - 2019 (%)
• Table 2 | US Estimated Quarterly US Retail Sales: Total & E-Commerce, Q3 2018 - Q2 2020 (US$ bil)
• Table 3 | US Number of Monthly Consumer Payments by Type of Payment Instrument, 2015 - 2019
• Table 4 | US Smartphone Payment Methods Used, 2020
• Table 5 | Effect of COVID-19 on Types of Consumer Credit Used, Ranked by More/Less Ratio, 2020
• Table 6 | NAICS & SIC Codes Related to Digital Consumer Payments