Mastercard Sees Digital Wallet Users Exceeding 6 Billion by 2030

# Mastercard Sees Digital Wallet Users Exceeding 6 Billion by 2030

> Evidence tier: B1
> Evidence type: Independent payments-trade report checked against Mastercard's canonical Wallet Pay announcement
> Source: [PYMNTS](https://www.pymnts.com/mastercard/2026/mastercard-sees-digital-wallet-users-exceeding-6-billion-by-2030)
> Published: 2026-09-10
> Captured: 2026-09-11T01:43:27.440Z

## Source summary

PYMNTS reports that Mastercard introduced Wallet Pay, a portfolio connecting stored-value wallets to contactless, QR and online acceptance, card issuing and account, card and wallet transfers across more than 200 countries and territories and 150 currencies. Mastercard names Alipay+ partner wallets and providers including Axian, CRED, DaviPlata, Mercado Pago, MTN and TenPay Global as using the portfolio; it says more than 3.7 billion Mastercard credentials can connect to digital wallets.

## Why it matters

Wallet Pay packages multiple routes for local wallets to gain global acceptance and cross-border money movement without rebuilding each connection. The named-provider participation is company-confirmed, but the release does not disclose which module or market each provider uses, new transaction volume, pricing, incremental acceptance, settlement-time results or independent interoperability testing. The more-than-6-billion wallet-user figure is a 2030 forecast sourced by Mastercard to Juniper Research, not measured Mastercard adoption.

## Key numbers

- **Money-movement reach stated by Mastercard:** 200+ countries and territories; 150 currencies
- **Mastercard credentials able to connect to wallets:** more than 3.7 billion (company figure)
- **Global digital-wallet users forecast:** more than 6 billion by 2030 (Juniper Research forecast)

## Topics and entities

- Industry lane: Cross-border market
- Entities: Mastercard / Alipay+
- Cross-border payments
- Payment infrastructure

## Evidence and credibility note

Readable PYMNTS report checked against Mastercard's September 10 release. Product scope and named participants are company-confirmed; usage by module, incremental adoption and operating performance are not independently measured, and the 2030 user figure is an external forecast.

Date evidence: PYMNTS article metadata timestamp 2026-09-10T13:06:10Z; Mastercard's canonical Wallet Pay release is dated September 10, 2026

## First-party corroboration

- [https://www.mastercard.com/news/ap/en/newsroom/press-releases/en/2026/mastercard-launches-wallet-pay-to-scale-digital-wallets-worldwide](/en/items/https://www.mastercard.com/news/ap/en/newsroom/press-releases/en/2026/mastercard-launches-wallet-pay-to-scale-digital-wallets-worldwide)

## Original-source traceback

[Open the original PYMNTS report](https://www.pymnts.com/mastercard/2026/mastercard-sees-digital-wallet-users-exceeding-6-billion-by-2030)

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