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Joanna StavinsSenior Economist and Policy Advisor
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Presented to Northeast Acquirers AssociationJanuary 21, 2015
U.S. Consumer Payment Choice
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Disclaimers
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The views expressed here do not necessarily represent the views of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston or the Federal Reserve System
Results from the 2013 Survey of Consumer Payment Choice (SCPC) are preliminary and subject to change
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Presentation Overview
Overview of the U.S. payments
U.S. Consumer payment choices1. Adoption: What’s in Your Wallet?2. Use: How Do You Use It?
What determines consumer behavior?
Concluding remarks
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U.S. Payments:Consumers, Businesses, and
Government
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U.S. Currency in Circulation
Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis / Haver Analytics, Federal Reserve Board / Haver Analytics, authors’ calculations.
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Number of Noncash Payments
Source: Federal Reserve Payment Study (FRPS)
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Share of Noncash Payments
Source: Federal Reserve Payment Study (FRPS).
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What’s in Your Wallet?U.S. consumers only
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Cash Holdings (2013)
Mean($)
Median($)
Total 508 65
On person (wallet, purse) 64 29
On property 461 9
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More Payment Instruments to Choose From
CashChecksMoney orderTravelers’ checksPrepaid paper (closed-loop)
Charge cards
Prepaid cards(closed-loop)
Prepaid cards(open-loop)
Virtual currencies(closed loop)
Credit cards
Debit cards
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Source: Author’s research.
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Aggregate Adoption of Payment Instruments
Source: Survey of Consumer Payment Choice; Survey of Consumer Finance
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How Do You Use It?
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Use of Payment Instruments (2013)
Paper35%
Cards55%
Electronic9%
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Note: 1% are paid with “Other”
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Payments by $ amount
24%16%
20%
18%
17%
30%
24%
31%24%
33%
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Payments by Transaction Type (2013)
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2013 Survey of Consumer Payment Choice
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Credit Cards: Consumers
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2013
% of households with credit cards 68.0%
% of credit cards households carrying a balance 38.1%
Median balance among households with a balance
$2,300
Source: 2013 Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF)
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Mobile Banking and Payments
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Source: 2008-2013 Survey of Consumer Payment Choice
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What Determines Consumer Payment Behavior?
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What Affects Demand for Payments?
Demographics: Age Gender Race Education
Income: individual and household
Characteristics of payments: Security: risk of theft/loss Acceptance Cost Convenience Speed
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Credit Card Adoption Rises with Income (2013)
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Credit Score and Payment Card Use
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From Hayashi and Stavins (2012), “Effects of Credit Scores on Consumer Payment Choice”
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Security Is Most Important!
Ranking of all characteristics
CharacteristicsSCPC survey year
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
Security 1 1 1 1 1 2Convenience 2 2 2 2 2 1Cost 4 3 3 3 3 3Acceptance 5 4 4 4 4 4Payment records 6 5 5 5 5Set up 8 6 6 6 6Control of timing 3Speed 7
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Importance of Payment Characteristics (2012)
2012 Survey of Consumer Payment Choice
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Security Ratings by Payment Instrument
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Security by Payment Location
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Source: 2012 Survey of Consumer Payment Choice;
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Security by Type of Debit
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Payment Method Adoption and Use
Adoption Debit Credit PrepaidAcceptance * * *** Cost *** *** Convenience *** *** Set up *** *** Records *** *** Security of financial wealth ** *Security of personal information * Security of transaction information
Use Debit Credit PrepaidCost * *** Convenience *** ***Records * Security of financial wealth *** *** **Security of personal information *Security of transaction information *
Higher debit and credit security higher use, BUT: small effect
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Merchant Steering
Merchants are now allowed to discount or surcharge based on payment method
BUT: still very rare, only selected markets
% transactions with discount or surcharge:
Source: 2012 Diary of Consumer Payment Choice
Cash Discount Debit DiscountCredit
Surcharge
1.7 1.8 1.2
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% Cash Transactions with Discount
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Transactions over $20 more likely to get cash discount
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Concluding remarks
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Major trends
Cash is alive and well, checks declining
Transformation in payment marketsPaper electronic
Consumer preferences, technology, coordination Technology is changing fast but payments are not
Battle over payment card revenues Credit CARD Act of 2009 Interchange fee regulation for debit cards (Reg II) Merchants can steer consumers to cheaper payments
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Federal Reserve 2012-2016 strategic plan
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Find papers, articles, and data onconsumer payments
http://www.bostonfed.org/economic/cprc
Joanna StavinsSenior Economist and Policy AdvisorFederal Reserve Bank of [email protected]
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Consumer Payments Research Center (CPRC)