of smartphone users are projected to make proximity mobile payment users (in-store payments made via a smart phone) by 2023. In 2019, the estimated proportion was at just over
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The source adds the following: "Mobile phone users who have made at least one proximity mobile payment transaction in the past six months; including point-of-sale transactions made by using mobile devices as a payment method; excludes transactions made via tablet."
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eMarketer. (July 1, 2022). Share of smartphone users who make proximity mobile payments in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2018 to 2021, with forecasts from 2022 to 2026 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 24, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1132204/proximity-mobile-payment-users-uk/
eMarketer. "Share of smartphone users who make proximity mobile payments in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2018 to 2021, with forecasts from 2022 to 2026." Chart. July 1, 2022. Statista. Accessed September 24, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1132204/proximity-mobile-payment-users-uk/
eMarketer. (2022). Share of smartphone users who make proximity mobile payments in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2018 to 2021, with forecasts from 2022 to 2026. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: September 24, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1132204/proximity-mobile-payment-users-uk/
eMarketer. "Share of Smartphone Users Who Make Proximity Mobile Payments in The United Kingdom (Uk) from 2018 to 2021, with Forecasts from 2022 to 2026." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Jul 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1132204/proximity-mobile-payment-users-uk/
eMarketer, Share of smartphone users who make proximity mobile payments in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2018 to 2021, with forecasts from 2022 to 2026 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1132204/proximity-mobile-payment-users-uk/ (last visited September 24, 2025)
Share of smartphone users who make proximity mobile payments in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2018 to 2021, with forecasts from 2022 to 2026 [Graph], eMarketer, July 1, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1132204/proximity-mobile-payment-users-uk/
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