Prepaid cards, vouchers in the UK 2025| Statista

Prepaid cards and/or voucher usage either for online payments or at POS in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2018 to Q4 2025

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Release date

December 2025

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

2018 to Q4 2025

Number of respondents

12,000+ per country

Age group

18-64 years

Special properties

Residential online population; 12-month rolling average

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

The questions were phrased by the source as follows: "How have you paid in stores, restaurants and other points of sale in the past 12 months? (multi-pick)" and "How have you conducted payments online in the past 12 months? (multi-pick)".

Some countries in Statista's Consumer Insights are part of an extended questionnaire. More information on the methodology can be found here.

For countries/territories receiving the extended questionnaire, Statista's Consumer Insights utilizes a rolling survey system with four survey waves per year: The most recent data set contains the interviews of the last 12 months. This ensures trend stability and more interviews available for analysis.

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The share of respondents using prepaid cards at POS (Point-of-Sale) in the United Kingdom (UK) slightly declined between 2018 and the fourth quarter of 2025. This is according to two different questions asked throughout multiple surveys from Statista's Consumer Insights. The numbers shown here refer to a rolling 12-month share of respondents who indicated they used either prepaid cards or a voucher in a brick and mortar shop or whilst shopping online. Moreover, during the same period, the share of respondents using vouchers for online payments fell by ***** percentage points.