Should the contactless card spending limit be increased?

12 June 2016

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There are now more contactless debit and credit cards in the UK than people – over 86 million of them. The average transaction is just £8.40, the limit is £30 – done to cap spending if someone takes your card. What would you like the limit per transaction to be?

There are now more contactless debit and credit cards in the UK than people – over 86 million of them. The average transaction is just £8.40, the limit is £30 – done to cap spending if someone takes your card.

What would you like the limit per transaction to be?

Results

I'm aged under 25 (946 votes)

I don’t ever use them		69 votes (7%)
Nothing, it shouldn’t be allowed		79 votes (8%)
£15		49 votes (5%)
£30 as now		297 votes (31%)
£50		138 votes (15%)
£100		54 votes (6%)
£200		2 votes (0%)
£500		5 votes (1%)
Unlimited		12 votes (1%)
You should be able to set a personalised limit		241 votes (25%)

I'm aged 25 to 34 (4320 votes)

I don’t ever use them		225 votes (5%)
Nothing, it shouldn’t be allowed		332 votes (8%)
£15		235 votes (5%)
£30 as now		1372 votes (32%)
£50		833 votes (19%)
£100		283 votes (7%)
£200		24 votes (1%)
£500		13 votes (0%)
Unlimited		74 votes (2%)
You should be able to set a personalised limit		929 votes (22%)

I'm aged 35 to 49 (7473 votes)

I don’t ever use them		999 votes (13%)
Nothing, it shouldn’t be allowed		1023 votes (14%)
£15		433 votes (6%)
£30 as now		2146 votes (29%)
£50		1203 votes (16%)
£100		353 votes (5%)
£200		40 votes (1%)
£500		7 votes (0%)
Unlimited		72 votes (1%)
You should be able to set a personalised limit		1197 votes (16%)

I'm aged 50 to 64 (6705 votes)

I don’t ever use them		1683 votes (25%)
Nothing, it shouldn’t be allowed		1122 votes (17%)
£15		337 votes (5%)
£30 as now		1568 votes (23%)
£50		738 votes (11%)
£100		253 votes (4%)
£200		22 votes (0%)
£500		5 votes (0%)
Unlimited		28 votes (0%)
You should be able to set a personalised limit		949 votes (14%)

I'm aged 65+ (3474 votes)

I don’t ever use them		1141 votes (33%)
Nothing, it shouldn’t be allowed		663 votes (19%)
£15		81 votes (2%)
£30 as now		679 votes (20%)
£50		360 votes (10%)
£100		108 votes (3%)
£200		8 votes (0%)
£500		4 votes (0%)
Unlimited		9 votes (0%)
You should be able to set a personalised limit		421 votes (12%)

                   22,918 votes received.

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