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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Business
Vicky Shaw

Brits opt for mobile phone payments as cash usage declines

Mobile contactless payments are now regularly used by half of all UK adults, a new report reveals, as cash transactions plummeted to less than 10 per cent of all payments for the first time.

Figures from UK Finance show cash comprised just 9 per cent of payments in 2024, a stark decline from 23 per cent in 2019 and nearly half (48 per cent) a decade earlier in 2014.

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