Global Payments Growth Set to Slow to 5% as Investors Demand Proof of Durable Value

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    "excerpt": "BOSTON , Sept. 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Global payments revenue will grow at just 5% annually through 2030, according to Boston Consulting Group's (BCG) latest Global Payments Report , down from 7% over the past five years. On track to reach $2.6 trillion by 2030, the sector remains in expansion, but growth is slowing and shifting. North America and Europe account for approximately 85% of the revenue pool but are expected to grow at 5% through 2030. The corresponding growth numbers for the Middle East and Africa, and Latin America are 8% and 7%, respectively. These findings come as payments companies face a historic reset in investor sentiment. Many of them now trade roughly 25% below their 10-year average valuations and nearly 50% below their prior peak. Closing this gap would add an estimated $500 billion in market capitalization across the sector. Operating leverage has turned negative as costs, driven by wages, cloud spending, and fragmented technology stacks have outpaced revenue over the past three years. The report, BCG's 24th annual analysis of the global payments industry, draws on proprietary revenue models and a survey of nearly 500 large merchants globally. \"For most of the past decade, payments companies could count on broad-based growth almost anywhere they operated,\" said Inderpreet Batra, a BCG managing director and senior partner and global head of the firm's...",
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