Paymark data for May shows spending was higher than last year, but "all the growth is in food, fuel and liquor".
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We're spending more money - but not on luxuries, new data shows.
Paymark, formerly Worldline, data for May shows spending was higher than a year earlier but that was mostly because people were spending more with each transaction.
There was $3.853 billion in processed payments, up 1.2 percent on May 2025.
It follows a slight year-on-year fall in April.
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Consumables saw the largest drop, with spending down $60m or 2.1%.
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