Will payment methods be a way people use to track their spending more accurately...
Nov 10, 2020 - As we discovered when we asked consumers[1], COVID-19 and the social distancing measures many countries have put into place to combat the virus has impacted the when, where, and importantly how they are spending money. The shift to eCommerce is one clear and potentially unsurprising consequence; many people (42%) are shopping online more frequently and a significant percentage (18%) of consumers have shopped online for the first time since the COVID-19 outbreak, and this is in turn is affecting the payments methods they use. But there are other reasons habits are changing.
As we discovered when we asked consumers[1], COVID-19 and the social distancing measures many countries have put into place to combat the virus has impacted the when, where, and importantly how they are spending money. The shift to eCommerce is one clear and potentially unsurprising consequence; many people (42%) are shopping online more frequently and a significant percentage (18%) of consumers have shopped online for the first time since the COVID-19 outbreak, and this is in turn is affecting the payments methods they use. But there are other reasons habits are changing.
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