Contactless payments are up by nearly a third (30%) since the start of the pandemic, it found. Pre-pandemic, only 17% of all payments made were contactless. The switch, which will constitute a 30% increase in contactless payments from before the pandemic to the end of 2022, was accelerated by changing consumer and retailer behaviour when it comes to paying for goods during Covid-19. Anita Naik, lifestyle editor at VoucherCodes.co.uk, said: “Covid-19 has forever changed the way consumers spend their money. Of those respondents who have increased their use of contactless payments, 91% plan to continue using them.