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More than ever people are living an increasingly digital and mobile life and they expect their ability to pay for their needs and wants to match that same always on mindset according to social media conversations identified in the 2019 edition of the Mastercard Digital Payments Study. Mobile payments represented more the 27 percent of the total social media conversation around payments with total mentions increasing 20 percent over the prior year. Mentions of mobile wallets specifically more than doubled since 2017.DigitalPaymentsStudy.Now in its sixth year the study developed in partnership with PRIME Research analyzed more than 3.3 million conversations from the past year across several social media channels including Twitter Facebook Instagram and Weibo. On-demand isnt just an expectation for cable and content provider its a reality for how people say they want to shop and pay every day said Rose Beaumont senior vice president of European communications and sales enablement at Mastercard. In this years study we see just how much these fast convenient and secure ways to pay are being embraced across all markets. And it points to the continued interest and demand for years to come.Interest in New Technologies People are looking to newer technologies to have an impact on their lives. In the past year alone such mentions on social media increased 30 percent since the last study. Today nearly 20 percent of all mobile commerce payments are focused on contactless payments and mobile wallets. Beyond these primary focus areas consumers are interested in how artificial intelligence QR payments and wearable payments will impact their lives.Overall people are increasingly positive toward these newer technologies. Virtually all 95 percent mobile wallet conversations were favorable with 30 percent of posts praising the speed efficiency and simplicity of the current products. The adoption of mobile payments is seen in markets across Asia and Africa. India was the most dominant market 30 percent in discussing the use and potential of mobile wallets particularly around public transit and the use of QR-based payments led by specific references to MasterpassQR and PaytmQR in India. The U.S. was a distant second in consumers discussions on mobile wallets 10 percent.Primed for Action with Peace of Mind Among the conversations analyzed consumers clearly continued to be focused on the security of their money and their data as a foundational requirement. In their posts people recognize the value of new technologies on delivering this peace of mind across mobile payments. Looking at the newer technologies Biometrics reached a potential 111 million driven primarily by an interest in voice payments and fingerprint scanners Tokenization and its critical role in supporting and protecting payments of all type was featured in conversations reaching a potential audience of 11 million viewers.While breaking news around data breaches drove one-fifth of data-related conversations another 13 percent of these conversations noted the potential of digital security technologies including blockchain tokenization and biometrics.