Financial Strength

Digital payments & cash decline

Cash and branches are giving way to digital payments and embedded finance, lowering transaction costs but leaving households and shops dependent on power, networks and a small number of providers.

Attention Share over time

GINC's attention score, worldwide and in each region: 100 is this trend's own three-year average in each place, as an 8-week average.

Regional Attention

By region

This trend’s share of all the attention the 250 trends draw in each region, and its rank there.

0.27%

115

0.27%

80

0.22%

95

0.17%

148

0.15%

114

0.14%

170

0.13%

161

0.10%

112

0.09%

145

0.06%

105

0.03%

201

By country

This trend’s share of all the attention the 250 trends draw in each country, and its rank there: the 12 highest of 49.

1.2%

20

0.45%

47

0.39%

83

0.36%

76

0.32%

74

0.25%

62

0.20%

84

0.19%

112

0.15%

72

0.14%

113

0.14%

139

0.13%

106

The ten trends most like this one: each one's share of attention over the period chosen, largest first, and over three years.

Scenario Relevance

A trend is relevant to a GINC Scenario where it changes how likely the scenario is, how hard it lands, or is itself sharply changed by it. Each trend is graded against every scenario on a seven-point scale from Nil to Critical.

Downside scenarios

ScenarioRelevance
S04
Hybrid coercion ends in an infrastructure blackout
Geopolitical and security
Very high
S07
A major disaster disables the national economic core
Energy, climate and resources
Moderate
S09
A cryptographic breakthrough invalidates digital trust
Technology and infrastructure
Moderate
S01
Critical trade divides into rival blocs
Economic and trade
Low
S10
A novel respiratory pathogen exceeds health surge capacity
Health
Low
S03
A regional war closes a globally important sea route
Geopolitical and security
Very low
S02
A global funding seizure reaches sovereign balance sheets
Economic and trade
Nil
S05
A disputed transfer of power breaks effective government
Geopolitical and security
Nil
S06
Two breadbasket failures trigger a food availability crisis
Energy, climate and resources
Nil
S08
An AI deployment step causes abrupt labour displacement
Technology and infrastructure
Nil

Upside scenarios

ScenarioRelevance
S18
A public service platform reaches inclusive operation
Technology and infrastructure
High
S12
A cross-regional market access compact redirects investment
Economic and trade
Very low
S11
A creditor agreement releases fiscal capacity
Economic and trade
Nil
S13
A great-power agreement lowers economic security barriers
Geopolitical and security
Nil
S14
A verified Middle East settlement restores access
Geopolitical and security
Nil
S15
Cheap firm clean power becomes available at scale
Energy, climate and resources
Nil
S16
A validated farming package raises water-efficient output
Energy, climate and resources
Nil
S17
AI-directed research produces a reproducible discovery step
Technology and infrastructure
Nil
S19
Affordable preventive treatments reduce chronic illness
Health
Nil
S20
A live outbreak proves rapid distributed pandemic defence
Health
Nil