Cash remained Mexico's most used payment method in POS since COVID-19, although its market share had decreased severely. Indeed, coins and paper money made up roughly seven out of 10 transactions in physical stores in Mexico in 2019, with this figure decline to about four out of 10 in 2024. This decline occurred as consumers shifted more towards card payments - and digital payments in general. This shift is exemplified by the growing number of transactions of the CoDi platform in Mexico - platform from Mexico's central bank to promote the use of mobile payments in the country. Mexico ranked relatively low when it comes to the adoption of in-store contactless payments in 2021, also compared to other countries in the Americas.
Market share of cash, credit cards, and other payment methods at point of sale (POS) in Mexico from 2017 to 2024, with a forecast for 2030
* The source changed its categories in 2021 and 2024, see the "Details" tab for more information.
Supplementary notes
In 2022, the source stated it made two changes to the categories used in previous years. These include a combination of "credit cards" with "charge/deferred debit cards" and the split of BNPL from "POS financing" (which itself was added as a new category in 2020). The latter change was made to atone for the "growing importance of BNPL". This seems to have been reverted in 2023 - for the year 2022.
In 2024, the "debit card" and "prepaid card" categories were combined into a single category called "Debit and Prepaid Cards".
The figures have been taken from several publications. No figures were available for 2018 as the source did not release any reports that year.
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Worldpay. (March 7, 2025). Market share of cash, credit cards, and other payment methods at point of sale (POS) in Mexico from 2017 to 2024, with a forecast for 2030 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 22, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1296716/preferred-payment-methods-mexico/
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