A survey of UK consumers has revealed wide variation in payment habits across the nation, with people in Wales and North West England preferring cash to other options, and Brits nationwide most likely to reach for notes and coins in cafés and bars.
Business Comparison surveyed 2,000 British adults earlier this year, exploring their payment habits and what drove their preference. 62 percent of Welsh respondents and 51 percent of those in North West England had used cash within the past week, with Scotland the next-highest cash users at 48 percent and the West Midlands at 46 percent. The lowest cash use was found in the South East, in which just 35 percent of respondents had used cash within the past week and seven percent said it had likely been over a year since their last cash purchase. Overall, 44 percent of Brits had paid with banknotes and coins in the past week, with just one percent saying it had been a year or more since they had used cash.
