European Statistical Payment Card Yearbook

UK - Summary

 

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Market Overview

  
Payment Organizations UK Payments Council (interbank payments and policy);
VOCALINK (operates the national payments infrastructure).
   
Domestic Card Brands LINK (ATM brand), Solo cards are phased out.
   
Market Structure The UK has long been Europe’s leading credit card market, but in recent years debit cards have made remarkable progress. In 2004, expenditure on cards exceeded expenditure on cash. In contrast to the rest of Europe, bank credit cards are a main source of consumer finance. Because consumers in aggregate are overstretched, credit card borrowing in the UK has been static since 2004.
   
NEW: Notable Market Trends Rollout of contactless cards and contactless POS terminals; NFC pilots and mWallet pilots.
   
Updated: Information about Major Issuers, Major Acquirers, Major Processors, Consumer Finance Indicator.
   

Statistical Key Figures 2011

  
  provided in this profile:
 
  • UPDATED: tables with card business data 2007-2011; growth rates: Y-o-Y, CAGR
  • Population, Cards per Capita, Card Value per Capita
  • Debit Cards, Credit/Delayed Debit Cards, Total Cards
  • Card payments by number and by value, ATV per card, payments per card/year
  • ATMs, POS terminals, ATMs/POS terminals per 1 million capita
  • ATM withdrawals by number/by value, ATV per withdrawal, TXs per ATM/month
  • POS payments by number/by value, ATV per POS payment, TXs per POS/month
  • Internet Use, e-payment mix, e-Commerce by value and growth rate
  • Drill down into the debit card use and credit cards use details
   
For more details about the structure of this country profile please refer to the country report sample.

 

 

 

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