Consumer awareness and the use of payment media: evidence from young Finnish consumers

Ari Hyytinen () and Tuomas Takalo
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Ari Hyytinen: University of Jyväskylä and Bank of Finland, Postal: P.O. Box 160, FI-00101 Helsinki, Finland, http://www.hyytinen.fi/home/

No 2/2008, Research Discussion Papers from Bank of Finland

Abstract: In the market for payment media, some consumers use only one medium when paying for their point-of-sale transactions, while others use many. This pattern reflects the diffusion of new payment media, because a payment method innovation is typically first used simultaneously with the established methods. We study the use of multiple payment media by employing data on young Finnish consumers. We find that the use of multiple payment media is directly related to consumer awareness and that not controlling for the endogeneity of awareness can bias its effect downwards. These results suggest that increasing consumer awareness may have been underlying the rise of debit card use around the world. It could also speed up the adoption of new means of payment, such electronic money and mobile payments. To the extent that antitrust concerns in the market for payment media stem from the lack of information, improving consumer awareness could be a remedy.

Keywords: payment media; consumer awareness; adoption of financial technology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E59 G20 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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