General Article Britons ditching cheques and paying bills by contactless card, figures show

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Britons are now more likely to pay by contactless card than with a cheque, new quarterly figures show.

Less than a third of Britons (31%) have used cheques in the past three months, down from 40% who used them to make a payment in 2015, analysts Mintel said.

Cheques are now the least likely method British shoppers choose to pay with, behind contactless debit cards (39%) and contactless credit cards (34%).

Just 28% of consumers used a contactless debit card to make a payment last year, but thi...

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