# Debit cards took the lead: Australia, 2007–2025

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Shares by NUMBER of consumer payments in seven survey years:2007,2010,2013,2016,2019,2022,2025. Three selected methods are cash, debit cards, credit/charge cards; other methods omitted. Excludes payments aboveA$9,999, family/friend transfers, transport cards and automatic payments. Keep rounded source values, do not interpolate annual observations or renormalise. Card aggregate can differ from rounded debit+credit; do not add aggregate and components. Cash latest 13%→15%, RBA describes use as stable; no continuous decline/comeback/significance or causation claim.

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Source release: 2026-05-28. Frozen source snapshot: 22 October 2026. These are source dates, not a Meplar publication date.

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https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2026/may/consumer-payment-behaviour-in-australia.html