This week, we're diving into the mobile payments landscape and seeing what adoption looks like across various countries like the US, India and the UK. Yesterday, we looked at adoption in China. Next up: Germany.
The cash culture in Germany is holding back mobile payment adoption in the country.
Many people are comfortable paying with cash and don’t see any significant benefits to changing their habits, especially older generations.
This year, we expect 5.8 million people in the country will use proximity mobile payments, making up 8.0% of the population. To put that in perspective, 73.9 million people in India will use proximity mobile payments this year, and 525.1 million people in China will, as well.
Overall, Germany's penetration is ranked last in Western Europe out of the countries we forecast.