Papua New Guinea

PG · PNG · 598Asia-PacificPGK K15 methods

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BSP's Wantok Wallet launched February 2025, requiring no smartphone or internet — uses USSD for rural financial inclusion.

~2.5M

online population

~20%

banked adults

<5%

credit card population

Mix Methods Behaviour Banks Sources Facts

Payment mix

share of e-commerce spend

CategoryLeading methodShare

Cash—75%
Mobile Money / WalletGoogle Pay15%
CardVisa8%
Bank Transfer—2%

Methods in use

top 8 of 15 · by spend

MethodTypeShare

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Checkout behaviour

Digicel's CellMoni has approximately 1.6 million individual users (53% of Digicel's PNG customer base).

Approximately 4.4 million Papua New Guineans are registered mobile phone users.

Facts

ISO 3166: PG · PNG · 598
Region: Asia-Pacific
Population: 10.3M
Currency: PGK K
Banked adults: ~20%
Methods live: 15
Banks covered: 2

Largest banks

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