Should the contactless card spending limit be increased?

18 March 2019

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Two in five card payments are now made using contactless – up 31% in 2018. Yet the maximum amount you can spend using contactless is just £30 (barring some using Apple Pay), which is done to cap spending if someone takes your card. What would you like the limit per transaction to be?

Two in five card payments are now made using contactless – up 31% in 2018. Yet the maximum amount you can spend using contactless is just £30 (barring some using Apple Pay), which is 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 (464 votes)

I never use them		13 votes (3%)
£15		16 votes (3%)
£30 as now		119 votes (26%)
£50		117 votes (25%)
£100		38 votes (8%)
£200		3 votes (1%)
£500		2 votes (0%)
Unlimited		15 votes (3%)
You should be able to set a personalised limit		141 votes (30%)

I'm aged 25 to 34 (1759 votes)

I never use them		38 votes (2%)
£15		26 votes (1%)
£30 as now		500 votes (28%)
£50		555 votes (32%)
£100		174 votes (10%)
£200		9 votes (1%)
£500		1 votes (0%)
Unlimited		33 votes (2%)
You should be able to set a personalised limit		423 votes (24%)

I'm aged 35 to 49 (3146 votes)

I never use them		116 votes (4%)
£15		109 votes (3%)
£30 as now		1041 votes (33%)
£50		995 votes (32%)
£100		267 votes (8%)
£200		11 votes (0%)
£500		8 votes (0%)
Unlimited		41 votes (1%)
You should be able to set a personalised limit		558 votes (18%)

I'm aged 50 to 64 (3272 votes)

I never use them		277 votes (8%)
£15		102 votes (3%)
£30 as now		1231 votes (38%)
£50		935 votes (29%)
£100		242 votes (7%)
£200		15 votes (0%)
£500		3 votes (0%)
Unlimited		20 votes (1%)
You should be able to set a personalised limit		447 votes (14%)

I'm aged 65+ (1910 votes)

I never use them		241 votes (13%)
£15		51 votes (3%)
£30 as now		766 votes (40%)
£50		536 votes (28%)
£100		100 votes (5%)
£200		7 votes (0%)
£500		4 votes (0%)
Unlimited		8 votes (0%)
You should be able to set a personalised limit		197 votes (10%)

                   10,551 votes received.

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