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2015–16 Diary of Consumer Payment Choice
12/19/2017

2015–16 DCPC Table of Contents
Payments by Type of Payment Instrument
Table 1a
Table 1b
Table 2a
Table 2b

Average number and value per consumer, October 1–31, 2016
Percentage shares per consumer, October 1–31, 2016
Average number and value per consumer, October 16–November 15, 2015
Percentage shares per consumer, October 16–November 15, 2015

Changes in Payments by Type of Payment Instrument
Table 3a
Table 3b

Change in number and value per consumer, 2015–2016
Percentage point change in shares per consumer, 2015–2016

Cash Holdings on Person
Table 4
Table 5

Average number of bills and value per consumer, October 1–31, 2016
Average number of bills and value per consumer, October 16–November 15, 2015

Changes in Cash Holdings on Person
Table 6

Change in average number of bills and value per consumer, 2015–2016

(c) 2017 Federal Reserve Banks of Boston, Richmond, and San Francisco.

2015–16 Diary of Consumer Payment Choice
12/19/2017
Table 1a
Payments by Type of Payment Instrument
Average number and value per consumer, October 1–31, 2016
Value ($)

Number (#)
per consumer per month
All payments

45.9
[44.2, 47.6]

Paper instruments

17.6

65.9

[969, 1348]

[55.8, 76.1]

306

21.6

[13.3, 15.0]

[271, 340]

[19.5, 23.7]

3.4

853

[3.0, 3.8]

[667, 1039]

Payment cards

22.0

1053

248.9
[203.7, 294.1]
47.9

[20.9, 23.1]

[975, 1130]

[45.1, 50.7]

12.4

546

44.0

[11.5, 13.3]

[491, 602]

[40.6, 47.3]

Debit.......................................................
Credit......................................................

8.3

471

56.5

[7.6, 9.1]

[414, 529]

[51.3, 61.7]

1.2

35

29.3

[1.0, 1.4]

[22, 48]

[21.4, 37.3]

Prepaid/Gift/EBT card...........................
Electronic payments

Other electronics†..................................

1159

[77.2, 91.6]

14.1

Check and other paper instruments*.......

Online banking bill payment (OBBP)....

[3505, 4243]

84.4

[16.6, 18.5]
Cash........................................................

Bank account number payment (BANP)

3874

per transaction

6.4
[5.7, 7.0]
2.1
[1.7, 2.4]
2.3
[1.9, 2.6]
2.0
[1.7, 2.2]

1663
[1381, 1946]
633
[483, 782]
671
[474, 869]
359
[246, 472]

261.3
[221.8, 300.8]
302.8
[236.6, 369.0]
293.6
[218.6, 368.6]
180.6
[127.8, 233.5]

* "Other paper" includes money orders and traveler's checks.
† The term "other electronics" includes the following payment instruments: mobile payments, PayPal payments, account to account
transfers, direct from income deductions, "other", multiple payment methods for one payment, and unreported payment methods.

(c) 2017 Federal Reserve Banks of Boston, Richmond, and San Francisco.

2015–16 Diary of Consumer Payment Choice
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Table 1b
Payments by Type of Payment Instrument
Percentage shares per consumer, October 1–31, 2016

All payments
Paper instruments
Cash...................................................................................................
Check and other paper instruments*..................................................
Payment cards
Debit..................................................................................................
Credit.................................................................................................
Prepaid/Gift/EBT card......................................................................
Electronic payments
Bank account number payment (BANP)...........................................
Online banking bill payment (OBBP)...............................................
Other electronics†.............................................................................

Number (#)

Value ($)

100
—

100
—

38.3

29.9

[36.6, 39.9]

[25.9, 33.9]

30.8

7.9

[29.3, 32.4]

[6.8, 9.0]

7.5

22.0

[6.6, 8.3]

[18.0, 26.0]

47.8

27.2

[46.3, 49.4]

[24.5, 29.8]

27.1

14.1

[25.4, 28.8]

[12.4, 15.8]

18.2

12.2

[16.7, 19.6]

[10.5, 13.8]

2.6

0.9

[2.1, 3.1]

[0.6, 1.2]

13.9

42.9

[12.7, 15.0]

[38.4, 47.5]

4.6

16.3

[3.8, 5.3]

[13.0, 19.7]

5.0

17.3

[4.3, 5.7]

[13.0, 21.6]

4.3

9.3

[3.8, 4.9]

[6.5, 12.0]

* "Other paper" includes money orders and traveler's checks.
† The term "other electronics" includes the following payment instruments: mobile payments, PayPal payments, account to account
transfers, direct from income deductions, "other", multiple payment methods for one payment, and unreported payment methods.

(c) 2017 Federal Reserve Banks of Boston, Richmond, and San Francisco.

2015–16 Diary of Consumer Payment Choice
12/19/2017
Table 2a
Payments by Type of Payment Instrument
Average number and value per consumer, October 16–November 15, 2015
Value ($)

Number (#)
per consumer per month
All payments

51.4
[48.0, 54.8]

Paper instruments

20.4

54.3

[803, 1412]

[40.0, 68.7]

381

22.3

[15.2, 19.0]

[291, 470]

[18.1, 26.5]

3.3

727

[2.5, 4.1]

[434, 1020]

Payment cards

25.7

1308

221.4
[142.6, 300.1]
50.9

[23.2, 28.3]

[1118, 1499]

[45.5, 56.3]

15.2

686

45.2

[12.9, 17.5]

[535, 836]

[38.2, 52.3]

Debit.......................................................
Credit......................................................

9.4

583

62.1

[7.9, 10.8]

[460, 705]

[53.5, 70.6]

1.2

40

34.0

[0.7, 1.6]

[16, 64]

[18.8, 49.3]

Prepaid/Gift/EBT card...........................
Electronic payments

Other electronics†..................................

1108

[61.4, 78.7]

17.1

Check and other paper instruments*.......

Online banking bill payment (OBBP)....

[3107, 4093]

70.0

[18.3, 22.4]
Cash........................................................

Bank account number payment (BANP)

3600

per transaction

5.3
[4.3, 6.3]
1.8
[1.2, 2.3]
2.4
[1.7, 3.1]
1.1
[0.7, 1.4]

1184
[880, 1488]
406
[263, 549]
679
[424, 935]
99
[57, 140]

223.8
[175.8, 271.7]
228.5
[165.0, 292.0]
280.9
[189.9, 371.9]
90.1
[54.7, 125.4]

* "Other paper" includes money orders and traveler's checks.
† The term "other electronics" includes the following payment instruments: mobile payments, PayPal payments, account to account
transfers, direct from income deductions, "other", multiple payment methods for one payment, and unreported payment methods

(c) 2017 Federal Reserve Banks of Boston, Richmond, and San Francisco.

2015–16 Diary of Consumer Payment Choice
12/19/2017
Table 2b
Payments by Type of Payment Instrument
Percentage shares per consumer, October 16–November 15, 2015

All payments
Paper instruments
Cash...................................................................................................
Check and other paper instruments*..................................................
Payment cards
Debit..................................................................................................
Credit.................................................................................................
Prepaid/Gift/EBT card......................................................................
Electronic payments
Bank account number payment (BANP)...........................................
Online banking bill payment (OBBP)...............................................
Other electronics†.............................................................................

Number (#)

Value ($)

100
—

100
—

39.7

30.8

[36.4, 42.9]

[24.2, 37.3]

33.3

10.6

[30.0, 36.6]

[7.8, 13.3]

6.4

20.2

[5.0, 7.8]

[13.5, 26.9]

50.0

36.3

[46.8, 53.3]

[31.2, 41.5]

29.5

19.0

[25.8, 33.2]

[14.8, 23.3]

18.3

16.2

[15.7, 20.9]

[13.0, 19.4]

2.3

1.1

[1.4, 3.1]

[0.4, 1.8]

10.3

32.9

[8.4, 12.2]

[26.4, 39.3]

3.5

11.3

[2.4, 4.5]

[7.6, 15.0]

4.7

18.9

[3.4, 6.0]

[12.8, 24.9]

2.1

2.7

[1.5, 2.8]

[1.6, 3.9]

* "Other paper" includes money orders and traveler's checks.
† The term "other electronics" includes the following payment instruments: mobile payments, PayPal payments, account to account
transfers, direct from income deductions, "other", multiple payment methods for one payment, and unreported payment methods.

(c) 2017 Federal Reserve Banks of Boston, Richmond, and San Francisco.

2015–16 Diary of Consumer Payment Choice
12/19/2017
Table 3a
Changes in Payments by Type of Payment Instrument
Change in number and value per consumer, 2015–2016
Change in value ($)

Change in number (#)
per consumer per month
All payments

-5.5

275

14.4

[-9.4, -1.6]

[-341, 890]

[3.1, 25.7]

-2.8

51

11.6

[-5.1, -0.6]

[-308, 410]

[-6.0, 29.2]

-3.0

-75

-0.7

[-5.0, -0.9]

[-171, 21]

[-5.4, 4.0]

0.1

126

27.5

[-0.7, 1.0]

[-221, 474]

[-63.2, 118.3]

Paper instruments
Cash........................................................
Check and other paper instruments*.......
Payment cards

-3.8

[-9.0, 3.2]

-2.7

-139

-1.3

[-5.2, -0.3]

[-299, 21]

[-9.1, 6.6]

-1.0

-111

-5.6

[-2.7, 0.6]

[-247, 24]

[-15.6, 4.5]

0.0

-5

-4.7

[-0.5, 0.5]

[-32, 22]

[-21.9, 12.5]

1.1

479

37.5

[-0.1, 2.3]
0.3
[-0.3, 1.0]
-0.1
[-0.9, 0.6]
0.9
[0.5, 1.3]

[64, 894]
227
[20, 433]
-8
[-331, 315]
260
[140, 381]

[-24.6, 99.6]
74.3
[-17.5, 166.0]
12.7
[-105.2, 130.7]
90.5
[26.9, 154.1]

Prepaid/Gift/EBT card...........................
Electronic payments

Other electronics†..................................

-2.9

[-461, -50]

Credit......................................................

Online banking bill payment (OBBP)....

-256

[-6.6, -1.0]
Debit.......................................................

Bank account number payment (BANP)

per transaction

* "Other paper" includes money orders and traveler's checks.
† The term "other electronics" includes the following payment instruments: mobile payments, PayPal payments, account to account
transfers, direct from income deductions, "other", multiple payment methods for one payment, and unreported payment methods.

(c) 2017 Federal Reserve Banks of Boston, Richmond, and San Francisco.

2015–16 Diary of Consumer Payment Choice
12/19/2017
Table 3b
Changes in Payments by Type of Payment Instrument
Percentage point change in shares per consumer, 2015–2016

All payments
Paper instruments
Cash...................................................................................................
Check and other paper instruments*..................................................
Payment cards
Debit..................................................................................................
Credit.................................................................................................
Prepaid/Gift/EBT card......................................................................
Electronic payments
Bank account number payment (BANP)...........................................
Online banking bill payment (OBBP)...............................................
Other electronics†.............................................................................

Change in number (#)

Change in value ($)

—
—

—
—

-1.4

-0.9

[-4.8, 2.1]

[-8.6, 6.8]

-2.5

-2.7

[-5.9, 1.0]

[-5.5, 0.2]

1.1

1.8

[-0.5, 2.7]

[-6.0, 9.7]

-2.2

-9.2

[-5.7, 1.3]

[-14.8, -3.5]

-2.4

-4.9

[-6.2, 1.4]

[-9.4, -0.5]

-0.1

-4.0

[-2.8, 2.6]

[-7.5, -0.6]

0.3

-0.2

[-0.7, 1.3]

[-1.0, 0.5]

3.6

10.0

[1.4, 5.8]

[2.1, 18.0]

1.1

5.0

[-0.1, 2.3]

[0.0, 10.1]

0.3

-1.5

[-1.2, 1.8]

[-8.9, 5.8]

2.2

6.5

[1.4, 3.0]

[3.5, 9.5]

* "Other paper" includes money orders and traveler's checks.
† The term "other electronics" includes the following payment instruments: mobile payments, PayPal payments, account to account
transfers, direct from income deductions, "other", multiple payment methods for one payment, and unreported payment methods.

(c) 2017 Federal Reserve Banks of Boston, Richmond, and San Francisco.

2015–16 Diary of Consumer Payment Choice
12/19/2017
Table 4
Cash Holdings on Person
Average number of bills and value per consumer, October 1–31, 2016
Number of bills (#)

Value ($)

Average
All bills
$1................................................
$2................................................
$5................................................
$10..............................................
$20..............................................
$50..............................................
$100............................................

Mean

Median

Mean

Median

5.6
[5.3, 5.9]
2.6
[2.5, 2.8]
0.0
[0.0, 0.0]
0.8
[0.7, 0.9]
0.5
[0.5, 0.6]
1.4
[1.3, 1.5]
0.1
[0.1, 0.2]
0.1
[0.1, 0.1]

4.1

57.2
[52.5, 61.9]
2.6
[2.5, 2.8]
0.0
[0.0, 0.1]
4.0
[3.7, 4.3]
5.3
[4.8, 5.9]
28.1
[25.7, 30.5]
5.6
[3.1, 8.1]
11.5
[9.2, 13.9]

24.0

100.0
—
4.6
[4.2, 5.0]
0.1
[0.1, 0.1]
6.9
[6.3, 7.6]
9.3
[8.3, 10.3]
49.1
[45.5, 52.7]
9.8
[5.9, 13.8]
20.2
[16.8, 23.5]

—

2.0
0.0
0.3
0.0
0.3
0.0
0.0

2.0
0.0
1.6
0.0
6.6
0.0
0.0

Percentage shares by denomination
All bills
$1................................................
$2................................................
$5................................................
$10..............................................
$20..............................................
$50..............................................
$100............................................

100.0
—
46.9
[45.3, 48.5]
0.4
[0.3, 0.6]
14.1
[13.4, 14.9]
9.5
[8.6, 10.3]
25.0
[23.4, 26.5]
2.0
[1.1, 2.9]
2.1
[1.7, 2.5]

—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—

(c) 2017 Federal Reserve Banks of Boston, Richmond, and San Francisco.

—
—
—
—
—
—
—

2015–16 Diary of Consumer Payment Choice
12/19/2017
Table 5
Cash Holdings on Person
Average number of bills and value per consumer, October 16–November 15, 2015
Number of bills (#)

Value ($)

Average
All bills
$1................................................
$2................................................
$5................................................
$10..............................................
$20..............................................
$50..............................................
$100............................................

Mean

Median

Mean

Median

5.2
[4.8, 5.7]
2.6
[2.3, 2.8]
0.0
[0.0, 0.1]
0.7
[0.6, 0.8]
0.5
[0.4, 0.5]
1.4
[1.2, 1.6]
0.1
[0.0, 0.1]
0.1
[0.1, 0.1]

4.0

50.9
[43.8, 58.1]
2.6
[2.3, 2.8]
0.1
[0.0, 0.1]
3.3
[2.9, 3.8]
4.6
[3.8, 5.3]
27.2
[23.1, 31.3]
2.8
[1.6, 4.0]
10.4
[5.9, 14.8]

23.0

100.0
—
5.0
[4.3, 5.8]
0.1
[0.0, 0.2]
6.5
[5.5, 7.5]
9.0
[7.3, 10.7]
53.4
[47.4, 59.4]
5.6
[3.4, 7.7]
20.4
[13.5, 27.3]

—

2.0
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.5
0.0
0.0

2.0
0.0
1.2
0.0
9.4
0.0
0.0

Percentage shares by denomination
All bills
$1................................................
$2................................................
$5................................................
$10..............................................
$20..............................................
$50..............................................
$100............................................

100.0
—
49.0
[46.0, 51.9]
0.6
[0.1, 1.1]
12.6
[11.3, 13.9]
8.7
[7.5, 10.0]
26.0
[23.1, 28.9]
1.1
[0.6, 1.5]
2.0
[1.1, 2.8]

—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—

(c) 2017 Federal Reserve Banks of Boston, Richmond, and San Francisco.

—
—
—
—
—
—
—

2015–16 Diary of Consumer Payment Choice
12/19/2017
Table 6
Change in Cash Holdings on Person
Change in average number of bills and value per consumer, 2015–2016
Average
All bills
$1.............................................................................
$2.............................................................................
$5.............................................................................
$10...........................................................................
$20...........................................................................
$50...........................................................................
$100.........................................................................

Change in number (#)

Change in value ($)

0.4
[-0.2, 0.9]
0.1
[-0.2, 0.4]
0.0
[0.0, 0.0]
0.1
[0.0, 0.2]
0.1
[0.0, 0.2]
0.0
[-0.2, 0.3]
0.1
[0.0, 0.1]
0.0
[0.0, 0.1]

6.3
[-2.3, 14.8]
0.1
[-0.2, 0.4]
0.0
[-0.1, 0.0]
0.7
[0.1, 1.2]
0.7
[-0.2, 1.7]
0.8
[-3.9, 5.6]
2.8
[0.0, 5.6]
1.1
[-3.9, 6.2]

—

—

-2.0
[-5.3, 1.3]
-0.1
[-0.7, 0.4]
1.5
[0.0, 3.0]
0.7
[-0.8, 2.2]
-1.0
[-4.2, 2.1]
0.9
[-0.1, 1.9]
0.1
[-0.8, 1.0]

-0.4
[-1.2, 0.4]
0.0
[-0.1, 0.1]
0.5
[-0.7, 1.6]
0.3
[-1.6, 2.2]
-4.4
[-11.2, 2.5]
4.3
[-0.2, 8.7]
-0.2
[-7.6, 7.2]

Percentage point change
All bills
$1.............................................................................
$2.............................................................................
$5.............................................................................
$10...........................................................................
$20...........................................................................
$50...........................................................................
$100.........................................................................

(c) 2017 Federal Reserve Banks of Boston, Richmond, and San Francisco.