This statistic illustrates the reasons given by consumers as to why they decided to take out their main credit card, in the United Kingdom (UK) in November 2015. A total of 23 percent of those consumers surveyed stated that online purchases had an impact on their decision to take out their main credit card.
United Kingdom: Which of the following applied when you took out your main credit card?
Sample broken down as follows:
65 percent had credit card(s) and used it/them in the last 12 months. (active users): 25,879 weighted.
5 percent had credit card(s) but did not use it/them in the last 12 months. (inactive users): 2014.
30 percent did not have a credit card (non-users): 11944.
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Financial Conduct Authority. (November 3, 2015). United Kingdom: Which of the following applied when you took out your main credit card? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 26, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/508030/consumer-reasons-for-taking-out-credit-card-united-kingdom/
Financial Conduct Authority. "United Kingdom: Which of the following applied when you took out your main credit card? ." Chart. November 3, 2015. Statista. Accessed September 26, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/508030/consumer-reasons-for-taking-out-credit-card-united-kingdom/
Financial Conduct Authority. (2015). United Kingdom: Which of the following applied when you took out your main credit card? . Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: September 26, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/508030/consumer-reasons-for-taking-out-credit-card-united-kingdom/
Financial Conduct Authority. "United Kingdom: Which of The following Applied When You Took out Your Main Credit Card? ." Statista, Statista Inc., 3 Nov 2015, https://www.statista.com/statistics/508030/consumer-reasons-for-taking-out-credit-card-united-kingdom/
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United Kingdom: Which of the following applied when you took out your main credit card? [Graph], Financial Conduct Authority, November 3, 2015. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/508030/consumer-reasons-for-taking-out-credit-card-united-kingdom/