2023 Annual Pulse Report
Billing and Payment Trends and Behaviors
Driven by convenience, speed and cost, consumers have more payment choices than ever before. Now, more than ever, billers need to add payment diversity and choices in their offerings
It’s Time for Billers To Add More Value
2023 is the year that has seen consumers demand convenience, more payment choices and easier accessibility to the financial system. In short, the trends are about faster, easier, safer and accelerated payment methods.
Overall, consumers like the range of payment methods available to them, but there is still work to be done. Organizations should recognize that the younger generations have a growing preference for alternative payment methods and expect speed and security to be part of their experience.
Read our latest report to learn more about the preferred payment methods for each generation and how they affect the need for billers to modernize their payment options to consumers.
40%
of consumers have used a mobile wallet to make any sort of payment, up from 26% in 2019
1 in 3
consumers are ready to switch payment channels or methods for faster processing
42%
of consumers would consider paying a bill with an alternative payment method
Consumer Satisfaction Is High — But Some Organizations Have Room for Improvement
Mobile Wallets Are Gaining Traction
In 2021, 15% of digital wallet users told McKinsey they leave their residence regularly without their “old-school wallet,” backing up our Pulse survey findings that preference for paying by mobile has dramatically increased since 2020. The same is true of the number of consumers that would consider paying their bills using a mobile wallet.
Password Habits Open the Door to Fraud
A 2022 study from Javelin Strategy & Research found identity fraud to be among the fastest growing criminal enterprises, with 27 million U.S. consumers affected and losses reaching $28 billion in 2021. Our Pulse data backs this up, recording an increase in identity theft reports over the years. Yet consumers have been slow to embrace best practices when it comes to securing their online credentials.
Get Strategic With Payments Adoption
Billers will always be under pressure to increase payments choice, as digitization and new technologies see ever more ways to pay enter the market.