Most accepted and recently added payment methods by merchants worldwide in 2025

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Release date

March 2026

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

November to December 2025

Number of respondents

1,278 respondents

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The source adds the following information: The respondent sample included fraud and payment professionals based in 37 countries spanning four major geographic regions, with broad representation across revenue tiers, sales channels, and eCommerce categories.

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Most accepted payment methods worldwide 2025

Published by Statista Research Department, May 5, 2026

Cards remained the most widely accepted payment method in 2025, at ** percent, followed by digital wallets at ** percent and bank transfers at ** percent. This is according to a survey of payment professionals carried out at the end of 2025. Real-time payments and cryptocurrency recorded the strongest year-on-year growth, up *** percent and ***** percent respectively. Payment professionals accepted *** payment methods on average, with digital wallets, bank transfers, and mobile payments seeing the highest adoption rates in the past 12 months at ** percent, ** percent, and ** percent respectively.

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