Translation. Region: Russian Federation –
Source: Central Bank of Russia
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In 2025, citizens increasingly used alternative, non-card-based payment methods for goods and services. These included Bluetooth payments, which rapidly gained momentum in the third quarter of last year. As a result, by the end of 2025, 35 million such transactions had been completed, totaling over 33 billion rubles.
Other non-cash payment methods, such as QR codes and biometrics, also remain popular. They grew 1.8-fold in number and 1.4-fold in volume last year, reaching 4 billion payments worth 5.7 trillion rubles.
Consumers have become more active users of e-wallets, largely due to the marketplace operating model. In 2025, 8.8 billion transactions were conducted, totaling 13.3 trillion rubles. This represents a 1.4-fold increase in number and a 1.6-fold increase in value compared to 2024.
Overall, the share of alternative payment methods increased by 4.5 percentage points over the year and amounted to 14.1% of the total volume of non-cash payments.
Up-to-date information on operations in the payment market is published on the Bank of Russia website in the section Statistics of the National Payment System.
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