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Payment methods in New Zealand
Here are the top takeaways you need to know about the New Zealand e-commerce market:
- Shoppers in New Zealand buy 10% of all their retail purchases, worth US7 billion, from e-commerce merchants.
- Between 2020 and 2022, the proportion of online transactions New Zealanders completed on a mobile device rose from 39% to 58%.
- Each year, New Zealanders spend around US$2 billion with online merchants based overseas, accounting for around 33% of all online purchases.
- Popular online shopping destinations for New Zealanders include Australia (41% of overseas transactions), China (27%) and the USA (11%).
- New Zealanders use digital payment methods in almost half of all online transactions. Popular payment methods include Apple Pay, Google Pay and Afterpay.
Population
Online Population
B2C E-commerce
Banked Population
Credit Card Population
E-commerce of Total Retail
Payment Method Breakdown
- Card 51%
- Cash 1%
- Bank Transfer 14%
- E-Wallet 22%
- Other 12%
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Payment Methods in New Zealand
Card Scheme Breakdown
- Visa 71%
- Mastercard 21%
- American Express 6%
- Local schemes 0%
- Other 2%
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Cross-Border E-Commerce
N/A
Online shoppers who have shopped cross-border
31
Cross-border proportion of total e-commerce
2 bn
$US
Value of cross-border e-commerce
Top cross-border shopping origin markets