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The use of checks and other noncash payment instruments in the United States
Statistical estimates indicate that the use of checks in the United States has been declining since the mid-1990s, even as the population and the level of economic activity have been increasing. In contrast, the use of electronic payments has been growing at high and accelerating rates. Nonetheless, the paper check remains the predominant means of making retail payments and will likely continue to play a significant role in the U.S. payment system for the foreseeable future. The number and value of checks paid varies across depository institutions according to type, size, and location, in ...
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The Federal Reserve Payments Study: 2018 Annual Supplement
This Federal Reserve Payments Study (FRPS) brief updates data on core noncash payment types and systems that support everyday payments by U.S. consumers and businesses.1 The data show faster growth in electronic payments from 2016 to 2017 compared with previous years. Remote payments continued to grow as a share of general-purpose card payments, and the value of in-person chip-authenticated general-purpose card payments exceeded the value of those without chip-authentication for the first time. Meanwhile, partial data from large banks indicate the number of check payments and cash withdrawals ...
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Recent payment trends in the United States
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Changes in U.S. Payments Fraud from 2012 to 2016: Evidence from the Federal Reserve Payments Study
This report provides aggregate estimates of payments fraud totals and rates for general-purpose credit and debit card (including non-prepaid and prepaid debit card), ACH, and check transactions—the core non-cash payment types used for everyday payments and settlements by consumers and businesses. For cards, further breakouts of payments fraud—such as card type, payment channel, and authentication method—are provided. ACH fraud is broken out into ACH credit and ACH debit fraud.
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Trends in the use of payment instruments in the United States
In 2003, for the first time, the number of electronic payments in the United States exceeded the number of check payments--a result of substantial growth in electronic payments (especially by debit card) and a decline in check payments. The shift toward electronic payments suggests that, as with other large economies, many payments formerly made by check are now being made with electronic payment instruments. As in past years, however, the value of checks far exceeded the value of commonly used electronic payments. ; Comparisons among groups of depository institutions of different types and ...
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The Federal Reserve Payments Study 2016: Recent Developments in Consumer and Business Payment Choices
The 2016 Federal Reserve Payments Study (2016 study) is the sixth in a series of triennial studies conducted since 2001 by the Federal Reserve System to estimate aggregate trends in noncash payments in the United States using data collected from surveys of depository institutions, payment networks, issuers, and processors.1 The 2016 study covers the total number and value of all noncash payments estimated to have been made in 2015 in the United States by consumers and businesses. Businesses are defined in the study to include for-profit and not-for-profit, private enterprises, as well as ...