 , there are approximately 58 million contactless-enabled cards in use, in the UK, and over 147,000 terminals in use though this is growing in numbers and percentages of adoption.In June 2017, it was reported in UK media that purchases made by card now surpassed those made by cash for the first time.This was reported to have been driven by the rise in contactless payments, which now account for approximately one-third of all card transactions in the UK.