Preferred Payment Methods in Switzerland
Which payment methods do you consider essential and which are you willing to forego?
10.
Absolutely essential
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1:
I don't use it
I
don't know
Debit cards in general
32%
10%
15%
10%
6%
7%
2.5%
3.1%
1.9%
10%
0.9%
credit cards
29%
8%
15%
12%
7%
11%
3.9%
3.5%
3.1%
7%
0.5%
cash
34%
7%
12%
9%
5%
10%
6%
9%
5%
3.4%
0.3%
Maestro debit card
21%
7%
10%
9%
6%
8%
2.6%
5%
2.9%
25%
3.9%
Twint
11%
5%
10%
10%
7%
7%
4.4%
2.5%
3%
36%
4.3%
Mobile payments in general
5%
2.1%
6%
5%
6%
6%
4.4%
4.2%
3.8%
51%
6%
PostFinance debit card
9%
3.1%
5%
3.9%
3.5%
4.1%
2.1%
2.7%
2%
58%
7%
Prepaid cards
4%
2.1%
5%
6%
3.7%
7%
3.7%
5%
4.2%
54%
6%
Debit Mastercard
4%
1.6%
4.8%
4.2%
3.8%
4.3%
2.1%
3.2%
2.6%
62%
8%
Visa Debit/V-Pay debit cards
5%
2.2%
3.5%
4.3%
3.3%
4%
2.9%
4.2%
3.6%
59%
8%
Revolut card
2%
1%
1.5%
2.1%
1.5%
2.2%
1.6%
1.7%
2.2%
75%
9%
Apple Pay
1%
0.9%
1.7%
1.5%
1.5%
2.1%
2.1%
2.6%
2.3%
76%
9%
Smartwatch payments
1%
0.8%
0.6%
1.1%
1%
1.2%
1.8%
1.1%
1.9%
82%
8%
Google Pay
0%
0.4%
0.9%
1.7%
1.5%
2%
1.9%
2.3%
2.2%
79%
8%
Samsung Pay
0%
0.3%
0.9%
1%
1.1%
1.1%
1.3%
1.8%
2.3%
82%
8%
Bitcoin
0%
0.3%
0.5%
0.9%
0.7%
1.2%
0.8%
1.5%
2.1%
84%
8%
Altcoins
0.5%
0.3%
0.9%
0.5%
0.7%
0.6%
0.9%
1.2%
1.8%
84%
8%
