The UK payment statistics for May 2016 have just been released:

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The main trends continue:

• cheque usage continued to decline with 13% fall in last year and total volume now represents only 6% of ACH (BACS) and 28% of Faster Payments volume
• ACH (BACS) payments grew 4% with almost all growth coming from direct debits
• Faster Payments system (launched 2009 and now with a payment limit of £250K) 
  • continues to grow impressively: 15% overall
  • niche applications grow even faster: single payments 21%, and return payments 27%
• CHAPS - overall +3% with wholesale financial (MT202) +5%.