Mobile proximity and peer-to-peer payments have hit the mainstream, thanks to a pandemic-driven upswing in digital payments that is set to last

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Mobile payments have proven their value during the pandemic as a way to limit our risk to exposure instead of paying with cash or card. Last year, per our estimates, smartphone usage in the US surged to an average of 182 minutes daily (from 154 minutes pre-pandemic), which extended to payments.

A combination of new adoptees and increasing spend per user will keep growth of proximity mobile payment transaction values in the double digits through 2025, per our forecast. As the space matures, three key factors will help drive money into the ecosystem: the pandemic, "stickiness," and increased acceptance.

In 2020, overall spending—and particularly in-person spend—flattened amid pandemic-driven uncertainty, according to a November 2020 report from JPMorgan. But we saw mobile proximity payments buck this trend, posting major growth as adoption spiked and existing users increased usage on pace with infection concerns. By September 2020, 76% of consumers reported...

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