pewresearch.org/short-reads/2026/09/30/from-cash-to-credit-how-americans-payment-methods-have-changed-in-the-past-decade From cash to credit, how Americans’ payment methods have changed in the past decade
The share of Americans paying cash for everything has been cut in half since 2015, down to 12%. Credit cards have quietly overtaken both cash and debit as the top way people pay, according to Federal Reserve diary data tracking three years of daily transactions.
— via Pew Research, Beshay Sakla
