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Payment methods in United Kingdom

Here are the top takeaways you need to know about the British e-commerce market:

Between 2023 and 2027, the value of British e-commerce will grow from US$305 billion to US$400 billion.
The British spend more online than almost any other European country: US$4,679 per online shopper in 2023, rising to US$6,004 by 2027.
Brits spend almost US$35 billion a year, more than 10% of the total national online spend, with overseas e-commerce merchants.
Even in a market like the UK, that loves cards, consumers use digital payment methods in more than 50% of all online transactions.
British online shoppers use mobile devices in almost 60% of their online purchases, so it pays to make sure your checkout is optimized for mobile.

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Population

Online Population

B2C E-commerce

Banked Population

Credit Card Population

E-commerce of Total Retail

Payment Method Breakdown

Card 46%
Cash 1%
Bank Transfer 9%
E-Wallet 35%
Other 9%

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Payment Methods in United Kingdom

Trustly Bank transfer Consumer countries:

Afterpay / Clearpay BNPL Consumer countries:

Card Scheme Breakdown

Visa 77%
Mastercard 22%
American Express 1%
Local schemes 0%
Other 0%

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Cross-Border E-Commerce

Online shoppers who have shopped cross-border

Cross-border proportion of total e-commerce

34.2 bn $US

Value of cross-border e-commerce

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Top cross-border shopping origin markets