CMSPI - State of the Industry Report - 2025

3 PAYMENT METHOD SCORECARD: CASH

Acceptance

Metrics

Weight Score

Merchant Acceptance (Ecommerce) North America

10% 1.0 10% 1.0 10% 2.0 10% 3.0 10% 2.0 50% 5.0

Europe

APAC

MEA

LATAM

Merchant Acceptance (POS)

TOTAL SCORE 3.4 Merchant Acceptance (Ecommerce) Share of retailers accepting cash from CMSPI estimates and analysis. North America: 0%

Europe: 9% APAC: 39% LATAM: 40% MEA: 44% Merchant Acceptance (POS)

Cash is known to be widely accepted globally in stores, except for a few countries with cashless initiatives.

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