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Americans ages 18 to 24 are twice as likely to make a mobile payment, a GfK study finds
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That’s no surprise really. Generation Z, sometimes called the smartphone generation, lives on their phones. For Gen Z, mobile payments are becoming a part of everyday life.
Of Gen Z consumers surveyed, 53 percent said they had made a mobile payment in the past six months. For baby boomers (ages 50 to 68), the percentage is 14 percent, nearly four times less than the Gen Z rate.
Interestingly, when Gen Z consumers were asked if they feel their “mobile device payments are 100 percent secure,” Gen Z (33 percent) lagged just behind Gen Y (36 percent). Both groups, though, are more comfortable with mobile payment security than boomers (10 percent) or Gen X (24 percent).
GfK conducted its 2015 FutureBuy research in 25 countries, with roughly 1,000 respondents per country. The mobile payments research was released in February 2016.
See related: Millennials most likely to fall prey to online and phone fraud, more infographics
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