Contactless Payment

  • TechnologyAOL

    What's changed in 10 years of contactless payments?

    Happy birthday to contactless cards, which were introduced in the UK a decade ago. Since then, we've spent more than £60 million using contactless technology - with Barclaycard figures showing that more than half of all transactions worth

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  • NewsAOL

    DS launches connected car key for contactless payments

    Citroen's luxury arm, DS, has launched a new trim level for its DS 3 hatchback, which comes with a rather clever key. Offered as standard equipment on the new DS 3 Connected Chic, the key can be loaded up with your bank details and will

  • BusinessAOL

    Banning cash would be devastating for the economy

    Earlier this month, our government petition against banning cash managed to achieve the 10,000-signature mark needed to get a response from the government. The petition is closed now. We've been waiting for a response, but I reckon it could

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  • BusinessAOL

    Cashless now more popular than cash payments

    Cashless payments have become more popular than transactions using coins and notes for the first time, figures from the Payments Council show. During 2014, 48% of payments made by consumers, businesses and financial organisations were in cash,

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  • NewsAOL

    Contactless payment for London travellers

    A contactless payment system is being introduced today for passengers on London Tube and rail services. The Transport for London (TfL) scheme will be available for travellers on London Underground, London Overground, mainline rail services that

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  • BusinessAOL

    TSB to roll out contactless payment

    TSB is to roll out contactless payments technology to about two million customers as it re-brands its cards. By the end of June, all 2.2 million TSB debit card customers will be able to use the "tap and go" technology to make small

  • BusinessAOL

    Contactless payments pass 1m mark

    "Tap and go" contactless payments have reached more than one million transactions a month across the UK, research has found. Barclaycard recorded the payments milestone in July, using figures from itself and Barclays, which has issued