Direct debit payments in the UK in 2014, with forecasts up until 2018
This statistic presents the number of direct debit payments carried out in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2014 and a forecast thereof from 2015 to 2018. A moderate increase in usage of direct debit was connected to the public's growing willingness to choose cashless payment methods. By the end of 2018, direct debit transactions were expected to grow to the level of nearly four billion per annum.