Lending and Payments Market Report 2025

This Lending and Payments market report provides a comprehensive analysis of the market’s characteristics, size, and growth, including segmentation, regional and country-level breakdowns, competitive landscape, market shares, trends, and strategies. It also tracks historical and forecasted market growth across various geographies.

The lending and payments market size has grown strongly in recent years. It will grow from $12.32 trillion in 2024 to $13.29 trillion in 2025 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.9%. The growth in the historic period can be attributed to economic growth, expansion of banking and financial institutions, consumer demand, regulatory environment.

The lending and payments market size is expected to see strong growth in the next few years. It will grow to $17.56 trillion in 2029 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.2%. The growth in the forecast period can be attributed to digital transformation, fintech disruption, financial inclusion, blockchain and cryptocurrency, data analytics and artificial intelligence. Major trends in the forecast period include peer-to-peer lending, contactless and mobile payments, open banking, embedded finance, sustainable and ethical finance.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is increasingly becoming a focal point within the payments sector due to its multifaceted applications, empowering businesses to leverage data synthesis for the enhancement of customer experiences. AI encompasses the development of computer systems with human-like intelligence capabilities. Payment companies are capitalizing on AI's potential to elevate their operational efficiency by streamlining processes, reducing processing times, generating error-free insights, and boosting automation. A growing number of both banking and non-banking institutions are deploying AI applications to scrutinize payment transactions, spanning from the initial payment message to the payment gateway. As an illustration, payment firms are adopting AI-enabled chatbots that possess the capacity to comprehend natural language and deliver real-time responses to customer inquiries. Furthermore, AI-driven machine learning plays a pivotal role in fortifying fraud detection mechanisms and curbing erroneous transactions. As substantiated by the Economist Intelligence Unit's latest adoption study, 54% of financial services organizations have embraced AI to enhance payment processes and foster robust customer relationships.

The surge in e-commerce activity is set to drive the expansion of the lending and payments market in the future. E-commerce, characterized by online transactions of goods and services, particularly through digital networks like the Internet, has significantly impacted the lending and payments landscape. This mode of commerce has contributed to the enhancement of lending and payment services, offering businesses expedited access to capital, improved sales figures, and streamlined checkout processes. For instance, as reported by the International Trade Administration in 2021, global retail consumer goods e-commerce sales surged from $4.89 trillion in 2021 to $5.42 trillion in 2022. As a result, the upsurge in e-commerce operations is steering the growth of the lending and payments sector.

Major players within the lending and payments market are integrating innovative solutions, such as public technology platforms, to enhance their market position and profitability. Public technology platforms encompass digital frameworks or online services accessible and utilized by the general populace. For example, in August 2023, the Reserve Bank of India, a central bank in India, introduced a public tech platform designed to streamline credit processes. This platform aims to ensure seamless access to crucial digital data for lenders, fostering more efficient financial transactions. By reducing costs, expediting distribution, and improving scalability, the platform can notably enhance the loan procedure. Moreover, it enables the integration of vital services like Aadhaar e-KYC and land records offered by select state governments.

Major companies operating in the lending and payments market include China Construction Bank, Agricultural Bank Of China, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Bank of China, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, Bank of America Corporation, Banco Santander, Citi Group, Wells Fargo & Company, State Bank of India, Klarna Inc., Funding Circle, Advanced Financial Services Private Limited, Visa Payments Limited, Mastercard Inc., Tencent Holdings Limited, Ant Financial Service Group Co. Ltd., PayPal Payments Pvt Ltd., Square Capital LLC., Coinbase Global Inc., Social Finance Inc., Coinbase Global Inc., Robinhood Markets Inc., Venmo, Affirm Inc., Afterpay Australia Pty Ltd., LendingClub Bank., Camden Town Technologies Pvt Ltd., Kabbage Inc., On Deck Capital Inc., Avant LLC., Upstart Network Inc., Lendio.

Western Europe was the largest region in the lending and payments market in 2024. Asia-Pacific was the second largest region in the lending and payments market. The regions covered in the lending and payments market report are Asia-Pacific, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, South America, the Middle East, and Africa. The countries covered in the lending and payments market report are Australia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Bangladesh, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, Hong Kong, New Zealand, USA, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Colombia, Peru, France, Germany, UK, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Russia, Czech Republic, Poland, Romania, Ukraine, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Iran, Turkey, UAE, Egypt, Nigeria, South Africa.

Lending involves providing a person or organization with a certain sum of money, usually with the expectation of repayment along with interest at a later date. Payment instruments, on the other hand, are systems facilitating the transfer of funds from various financial institution accounts to a recipient upon receipt of a payment order.

The primary categories within the lending and payments sector include lending, cards, and payments. Within cards and payments, the process involves various card payment methods. These services can be accessed through both offline and online channels, catering to business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-consumer (B2C) clientele.

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The lending and payments include revenue by entities by providing secured or unsecured loans to borrowing entities, payment and money transfer services. The lending and payments industry is categorized on the basis of the business model of the firms present in the industry. Some firms offering lending services may offer other services, financial or otherwise. Revenues from lending and payments services include interest on loans, margins or commissions charged on transactions, and not the loan or repayment values themselves. The market value includes the value of related goods sold by the service provider or included within the service offering. Only goods and services traded between entities or sold to end consumers are included.

The market value is defined as the revenues that enterprises gain from the sale of goods and/or services within the specified market and geography through sales, grants, or donations in terms of the currency (in USD, unless otherwise specified).

The revenues for a specified geography are consumption values that are revenues generated by organizations in the specified geography within the market, irrespective of where they are produced. It does not include revenues from resales along the supply chain, either further along the supply chain or as part of other products.

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