Annual credit card spending in the UK 2012-2022, in local currency and USD
The value of credit card payments in the United Kingdom reached an all-time high in 2022, growing by nearly 50 billion British pounds that year. 2022 is the second consecutive year in which credit card expenses go up. The source claims that lockdown restrictions in the summer of 2020 limited credit card payments. The monthly credit card expenses did increase over the course of that timeframe, reaching near pre-pandemic figures in July 2021.