Our Contactless Payments market analysis provides exhaustive data coverage of the market in its entirety, including the adoption of mobile wallets featuring contactless payment technology, the growth of contactless transactions and its associated values. The data suite includes access to the full set of forecast data of 139 tables and over 60,000 datapoints, as well as an accompanying report analysing the reasons for growth. The metrics comprised in the research suite include:
The number of users of contactless payments
The total transaction value of contactless payments
The total volume of contactless payments made annually.
KEY FEATURES
These metrics are split by the following key segments:
Contactless Cards
Mobile Payments, further split by:
Apple Pay
Google Pay
Samsung Pay
Other Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) Pay
Wearable Payments
Contactless Ticketing Payments
The forecast data also includes market sizing for contactless tokenisation and contactless-enabled ATMs.
The data itself is accompanied by a Data & Forecasting report; analysing the main drivers of growth across key forecast metrics, as well as explaining the fundamental methodology and assumptions involved. Taken together, the research is a vital tool for sizing the contactless payments market.
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- 1. Introduction
- 1.1 Introduction
- 1.2 Key Trends & Developments Within Contactless Payments
- 1.2.1 Contactless Payments Are the Default Choice
- 1.2.2 Expansion of A2A Contactless Payments In-store
- Figure 1.1: Google Pay UPI Tap & Pay Methods
- 1.2.3 Soft POS Is Opening New Markets for Contactless
- Figure 1.2: How to Use Soft POS
- Figure 1.3: Tap to Pay on iPhone
- 1.2.4 Cross-border QR Code Payment Schemes Will Boost Contactless Payments in Southeast Asia
- Figure 1.4: Prominent Advances in Cross-border QR Code Schemes in 2025: Southeast Asia
- 1.2.5 Biometrics as the Next Evolution of Contactless Payments
- 1.2.6 QR Code Payments
- i. Strengths
- ii. Weaknesses
- Figure 1.5: QR Codes - Strengths & Weaknesses
- 1.2.7 NFC
- i. Strengths
- ii. Weaknesses
- Figure 1.6: NFC - Strengths & Weaknesses
- 1.2.8 Conclusion
- 2. Methodology & Assumptions
- 2.1 Methodology & Assumptions
- Figure 2.1: Contactless Cards Forecast Methodology
- Figure 2.2: NFC Mobile & Wearable Retail Payments Market Forecast Methodology
- Figure 2.3: NFC Mobile Ticketing Forecast Methodology
- Figure 2.4: Contactless Mobile Payment Tokenisation Methodology
- 3. Forecast Summary
- 3.1 Contactless Payments Usage Forecasts
- 3.1.1 Contactless Mechanisms: Cards, Mobiles and Wearables
- Figure & Table 3.1: Number of Contactless Devices or Cards in Use for Payments (m), Split by Payment Mechanism, 2025-2030
- 3.1.2 Number of Mobile Devices Used for Contactless Payments
- Figure & Table 3.2: Number of Mobile Devices Used for Contactless Payments (m), Split by Payment Provider, 2025-2030
- 3.1.3 Total Contactless Transaction Volume: Retail Payments & Ticketing
- Figure 3.3: Total Number of Contactless Transactions (m), Split by Retail Payments & Ticketing, 2025-2030
- 3.1.4 Total Contactless Transaction Value: Retail Payments & Ticketing
- Figure & Table 3.4: Total Contactless Transaction Value ($m), Split by Retail Payments & Ticketing, 2025-2030
- 4. Contactless Card Payments
- 4.1 Contactless Cards Usage Forecasts
- 4.1.1 Contactless Payment Cards in Use
- Figure & Table 4.1: Number of Contactless Payment Cards Used for Contactless Payment (m), Split by 8 Key Regions, 2025-2030
- 4.2 Contactless Cards Transaction Forecasts
- 4.2.1 Total Transaction Volume
- Figure & Table 4.2: Total Number of Contactless Card Transactions per annum (m), Split by 8 Key Regions, 2025-2030
- 4.2.2 Total Transaction Value
- Figure & Table 4.3: Total Value of Contactless Card Transactions per annum ($m), Split by 8 Key Regions, 2025-2030
- 5. Mobile Contactless Payments
- 5.1 Contactless Mobile Usage Forecast
- 5.1.1 NFC-enabled Handsets in Use for Contactless Payments
- Figure & Table 5.1: Number of NFC-enabled Handsets (including FeliCa) Using Contactless Payments (m), Split by 8 Key Regions, 2025-2030
- 5.1.2 Number of OEM Pay Contactless Users
- Figure & Table 5.2: Number of OEM Pay Contactless Users (m), Split by Apple Pay, Samsung Pay, Google Pay & Other OEM Pay, 2025-2030
- 5.1.3 Contactless Mobile Retail Payment Transactions Volume
- Figure & Table 5.3: Total Contactless Mobile Retail Payments Transaction Volume per annum (m), Split by 8 Key Regions, 2025-2030
- 5.1.4 Contactless Mobile Retail Payment Transaction Value
- Figure & Table 5.4: Total Value of NFC Retail Payments Transactions ($m), Split by 8 Key Regions, 2025-2030
- 6. Wearable Contactless Payments
- 6.1 Smart Wearables Contactless Payment Usage Forecasts
- 6.1.1 Wearables Making Contactless Payments
- Figure & Table 6.1: Number of Active Smart Wearable Devices Making Contactless Payments per annum (m), Split by 8 Key Regions, 2025-2030
- 6.1.2 Smart Wearables Contactless Payment Transaction Volume
- Figure & Table 6.2: Smart Wearable Contactless Payment Transaction Volume per annum (m), Split by 8 Key Regions, 2025-2030
- 6.1.3 Smart Wearable Contactless Payment Transaction Value
- Figure & Table 6.3: Total Smart Wearable Contactless Payment Transaction Value ($m), Split by 8 Key Regions, 2025-2030
- 7. NFC Ticketing
- 7.1 NFC Ticketing Usage Forecasts
- 7.1.1 NFC Ticketing Users
- Figure & Table 7.1: Mobile Phone Users Who Use NFC Ticketing (m), Split by 8 Key Regions, 2025-2030
- 7.1.2 NFC Ticketing Transaction Volume
- Figure & Table 7.2: Transaction Volume of NFC Tickets Delivered or Validated (m), Split by 8 Key Regions, 2025-2030
- 7.1.3 NFC Ticketing Transaction Value
- Figure & Table 7.3: Total Transaction Value for NFC Tickets Purchased or Validated per annum ($m), Split by 8 Key Regions, 2025-2030
- 8. Contactless Tokenisation
- 8.1 Contactless Tokenisation Forecasts
- 8.1.1 Contactless Tokenisation Volume
- Figure & Table 8.1: Number of Contactless Payments That Are Tokenised per annum (m), Split by 8 Key Regions, 2025-2030
- 8.1.2 Contactless Tokenisation Revenue
- Figure &Table 8.2: Contactless Tokenisation Revenue per annum ($m), Split by 8 Key Regions, 2025-2030
- 9. Contactless ATMs
- 9.1 Contactless ATM Forecasts
- 9.1.1 Contactless ATMs in Use
- Figure & Table 9.1: Number of Contactless-enabled ATMs, Split by 8 Key Regions, 2025-2030
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