Seven in ten UK debit card transactions are now contactless

Nearly seven in ten debit card transactions and just over half of all credit card transactions in the UK are now contactless, according to UK Finance.

The total value of contactless card transactions in the UK in September 2021 was £15bn (US$19.8bn), up by 30.1% from £11.5bn (US$15.2bn) in September 2020 and an increase of 114.6% from £7bn (US$9.2bn) in September 2019.

“The number of contactless credit card transactions was 28.6% higher than September 2020 and 42.9% higher than September 2019.