Boston, September 10, 2013 - Consumers pay a lot of bills, and they pay those bills in myriad combinations of channels and methods. Changes over the past 10 years in how Americans pay their bills have resulted in additional revenue for debit and credit card issuers, cost savings to billers, and lost revenue. From prepaid popularity to younger-consumer preference, some factors that influence bill pay behavior are working against banks.

Based on a Q2 2013 Aite Group survey of 1,242 U.S. consumers, this Impact Report by senior analyst Ron Shevlin sizes the channels and methods consumers will use to pay their most common bills in 2013, and forecasts channel and method usage through 2016.

This 35-page Impact Report contains 14 figures and 21 tables. Clients of Aite Group's Retail Banking service can download the report .