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In the UK the number of cards in issue with contactless functionality is 19.6 million, whilst there are approximately 73,000 contactless terminals (as at the end of September 2011).

In the UK, approximately 9.6 million credit and debit cards have been issued with Contactless functionality (as at the end of July 2010).

In the UK the number of contactless terminals is approximately 27,000 (as at the end of July 2010).

It is estimated that 1 in 14 UK cardholders now has contactless functionality on at least one debit or credit card (as at end May 2010); this is expected to rise to 1 in 5 cardholders before the end of 2012.

For cardholders in the UK the Contactless transaction limit is set to increase from £10 to £15 from 20 February 2010. The industry has agreed to increase the Contactless transaction limit in response to demand from retailers and cardholders.

More details on the Contactless transaction limit can be found here.