Observations on a Year of Payments

A year ago, payments expert Jeremy Light started a substack called ‘Agenda: Payments’ ¹ with the aim of helping readers around the world keep track of national payment landscapes and payment themes. He has recently posted data on reader response to 50 articles written across nine broad categories, giving an indication of where their focus and interest lie.

Fig 1 (below) plots the percentage of total readers for each category against the number of articles written for each. Categories above the trend line – ie. stablecoins, payment strategy, open banking and digital wallets – have higher average views per article, indicating these topics are of the most interest to readers. Those below the line – ie. cards and central banks – are possibly of less interest.