Card payments have overtaken cash for the first time in the UK as Brits give up on cash

Matt Cardy/Getty Images Brits are turning their backs on cash. The number of debit card payments overtook the number of payments made by cash in 2017 — for the first time ever. There were 13.1 billion cash payments last year, and 13.2 billion payments made by debit card. The milestone highlights how young people are opting to spend using plastic rather than traditional money. Debit card payments overtookthe number of those made by cash last year for the first time ever, a trade association has...