Impact of COVID-19 on Payments

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought the world to a virtual standstill. As businesses are learning to cope with it, the analysis of the last 6 months of payments data provides an interesting read on our response to this disruption. So, did we reject cash due to the fear of catching the infection? Did this virus help nudge us to change our spending habits in favor of digital payments? This writeup aims to provide a U.S flavor to the analysis.