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2024 Methods-of-Payment Survey Report: Cash in an Era of Alternatives

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  • Marie-Hélène Felt
  • Anna Chernesky
  • Angelika Welte

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The Methods-of-Payment (MOP) Survey tracks consumer use of cash and other methods of payment. We present core findings from the 2024 MOP Survey, highlighting results from both the survey questionnaire and subsequent three-day shopping diary. Although cash holdings have increased in nominal terms, we find that cash usage remains unchanged since 2020. Mobile and other alternative payment methods continue to grow in importance. The 2024 MOP Survey also collects new data on how consumers perceive bank note quality.

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  • Marie-Hélène Felt & Anna Chernesky & Angelika Welte, 2025. "2024 Methods-of-Payment Survey Report: Cash in an Era of Alternatives," Discussion Papers 2025-12, Bank of Canada.
    • Handle: RePEc:bca:bocadp:25-12
    DOI: 10.34989/sdp-2025-12
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    1. Heng Chen & Joy Wu, 2025. "Low Response Rate from Merchants? Sample and Ask Consumers! An Application of Indirect Sampling Under a Consumer-Merchant Bipartite Network," Technical Reports 126, Bank of Canada.
    2. Heng Chen & Marie-Hélène Felt & Christopher Henry, 2018. "2017 Methods-of-Payment Survey: Sample Calibration and Variance Estimation," Technical Reports 114, Bank of Canada.
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    • D83 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness
    • E41 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - Demand for Money

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