Last year, debit cards were used for 17b payments, of which 7b were contactless. The use of credit cards also rose during 2019, up by 7% to 3.3b payments, with 1.3b contactless.
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More than half of UK payments in 2019 made by card
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Stephen Jones, CEO, UK Finance, says: "An increase in ways to pay coupled with the change in people’s payment habits may have inadvertently gone some way to prepare the nation for the impact of Covid-19 on their daily lives. "With consumers already using contactless payments and remote banking more than in previous years, these technological advances have allowed many people to shop and make payments safely from home or in store.
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