Number of cards with a credit function in the UK 2012-2019
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The total number of cards with a credit function issued in the United Kingdom (UK) fluctuated between 2012 and 2019. It can be seen that the total number of cards issued with a credit function reached a peak during this period of time in 2015, when approximately 59 million such cards were issued. As of the end of 2019, the number of credit cards in the United Kingdom amounted to approximately 58.7 million. In 2019, around 38 million credit card accounts were