Capgemini sees B2B payment volumes nearing 4 trillion by 2030

Capgemini’s B2B payments outlook projects global payment volumes to rise from 2.25 trillion in 2025 to 4 trillion by 2030. The report flags corporate demand for faster settlement and liquidity visibility, while non-bank providers, stablecoins and tokenized deposits gain traction.

— Source publishedFri, 25 Sept, 2026, 18:12 IST·First seen Sun, 27 Sept, 2026, 14:11 IST·Source Financial Express (via Wayback)

What happened

Capgemini forecasts rapid global payment-volume growth, with India’s UPI among consumer-payment systems driving Asia-Pacific expansion. The report highlights

Key facts

  • 21% of banks are scaling new forms of money
  • 32% of corporate clients are satisfied with their primary banking partner
  • Nearly 60% of corporates would consider non-bank stablecoin providers
  • 36% of B2B payment volume flows through non-bank providers
  • Payment volumes projected to rise from 2,250 billion in 2025 to 4,000 billion by 2030
  • Cards projected to represent 44% of volume by 2030
  • Instant payments and e-money projected to represent 32% by 2030
  • Cross-border corporate payments take about 3.5 days
  • $4 trillion tied up in nostro and vostro accounts
  • $230 billion in payments revenue at risk

Why this matters

Growing adoption of instant payments, stablecoins and tokenized deposits makes treasury-tech, liquidity-management and regulated digital-money partnerships attractive targets for capability building.

What to watch

  • Adoption rates of instant B2B payment schemes and request-for-payment standards.
  • Commercial-card interchange changes, supplier acceptance fees and rebate economics.
  • Bank and regulator frameworks for stablecoins, tokenized deposits and digital-asset settlement.
  • Retailer and marketplace demand for same-day supplier payouts and real-time reconciliation.
  • Cross-border payment costs, settlement times and FX volatility.
  • Prioritize instant-payment acceptance and payout capabilities for supplier, seller and gig-worker ecosystems.
  • Integrate real-time cash-positioning, reconciliation and liquidity forecasting into treasury workflows.
  • Negotiate payment-routing economics across commercial cards, ACH/account-to-account rails and cross-border providers.
  • Pilot tokenized-deposit or regulated stablecoin settlement only in high-friction cross-border corridors with strong compliance controls.