This statistic presents the volume of VISA and MasterCard payments in the United Kingdom in 2015, by card type, according to data provided by Payments Cards & Mobile. In 2015, while VISA outnumbered MasterCard in volume of debit card payments, amounting to almost ten billion payments; MasterCard outnumbered VISA in Credit/charge cards, with over 1.6 billion payments.
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Volume of VISA and MasterCard payments in the United Kingdom in 2015, by card type
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The source adds the following information: "Figures rounded. Debit cards refers to Debit Mastercard and Visa Debit/Electron cards, respectively. Value and transactions figures are for domestic payments on UK-issued cards only."
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Payments Card Yearbook. (March 5, 2018). Volume of VISA and MasterCard payments in the United Kingdom in 2015, by card type (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 16, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/988885/visa-and-mastercard-in-issue-in-uk/
Payments Card Yearbook. "Volume of VISA and MasterCard payments in the United Kingdom in 2015, by card type (in millions) ." Chart. March 5, 2018. Statista. Accessed June 16, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/988885/visa-and-mastercard-in-issue-in-uk/
Payments Card Yearbook. (2018). Volume of VISA and MasterCard payments in the United Kingdom in 2015, by card type (in millions) . Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 16, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/988885/visa-and-mastercard-in-issue-in-uk/
Payments Card Yearbook. "Volume of Visa and Mastercard Payments in The United Kingdom in 2015, by Card Type (in Millions) ." Statista, Statista Inc., 5 Mar 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/988885/visa-and-mastercard-in-issue-in-uk/
Payments Card Yearbook, Volume of VISA and MasterCard payments in the United Kingdom in 2015, by card type (in millions) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/988885/visa-and-mastercard-in-issue-in-uk/ (last visited June 16, 2025)
Volume of VISA and MasterCard payments in the United Kingdom in 2015, by card type (in millions) [Graph], Payments Card Yearbook, March 5, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/988885/visa-and-mastercard-in-issue-in-uk/
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