Proximity mobile payment users in the UK 2017-2021, with forecasts for 2022 to 2026
The number of people in the United Kingdom who use smartphones to pay contactless in stores is set to increase by nearly three million between 2022 and 2026. Compared to figures from a different prediction made in 2017, this would mean that NFC payments in the UK would have more than doubled in roughly eight years. The source adds that the number reached in 2025 would equal about 28 percent of all smartphone users in the country.