B
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64%
64% -- digital payment share for American debit transactions (Q1 2026)
Nearly 64% of debit transactions on the Galileo platform in Q1 2026 were processed through digital channels.
- Data reflects debit transactions processed specifically through the Galileo Financial Technologies platform rather than all U.S. debit transactions
- Source states 'Nearly 64%'
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64%
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Data Vintage
Q1 2026
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B
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95
Source Trust
50
Citation Chain
90
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
83
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Galileo Financial Technologies
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Tier A
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Source Article
The Spring Debit Spend Surge: How Americans Spent in Q1 2026 and What It Signals for the Year Ahead
The Spring Debit Spend Surge: How Americans Spent in Q1 2026 and What It Signals for the Year Ahead
July 2, 2026
What did American’s debit spending look like in Q1 2026? Tax refunds started to hit, spring arrived, and American debit spending started heating back up.
After a slow January and February…
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Galileo Financial Technologies
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Data sourced from the Galileo Debit Spend Index — Q1 2026, covering anonymized and aggregated debit transactions processed through the Galileo Financial Technologies platform.
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American debit transactions: 64% digital payment share. Source: Galileo Financial Technologies (Q1 2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/q1-2026-digital-payment-share
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