It’s only been a few years since card payments overtook using cash. This year, cash ranked as the third-most-used payment method, behind credit and debit cards, according to the Federal Reserve Financial Service’s 2025 Diary of Consumer Payment Choice.
More than half of Gen Z says they only use cash as 'a last resort' and doing so is 'cringe,' survey shows | Fortune
Some Gen Zers are so against using cash they’ll forgo shopping from stores that are cash only.







