Just over nine in 10 (91.2%) card transactions made last year where paying by contactless would have been an option did use this technology, according to data from Barclays.
The bank said this is the highest proportion it has seen, with 85.6% of eligible card transactions being contactless in 2021.
Transactions that were eligible to be contactless were those made face-to-face or in-store, up to the value of the contactless card limit, which is currently £100.
