Number of contactless payments saw an increase last year of 6.8% to 1.6bn, compared to 2024, with a total combined value of ...
As 2025 drew to a close, the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) announced its plan to remove the £100 contactless payment limit, marking a turning point for the industry.
Consumers could benefit from the convenience of contactless payment when making larger payments, under proposals being consulted on by the FCA. The FCA wants to give card providers the flexibility to ...
CapMetro officials announced that the contactless payment option, tap to pay, is available on all bus services as of Feb. 1. The details According to the agency, customers can now ...
Twenty years of the Chip and Pin: How the way we pay has evolved - There has been a 95 per cent reduction in losses to counterfeit card fraud over the past 20 years thanks to the chip & pin ...
Contactless payments account for close to 90% of all card payments.
Riders can tap a contactless debit or credit card or mobile wallet to pay fares and still get fare capping benefits. The Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority (CapMetro) is introducing tap to ...
Over €30bn worth of contactless payments were made in Ireland last year as cash withdrawals continued to fall, according to new figures from Banking and Payments Federation Ireland (BPFI). More than 1 ...
The Girocard remains the benchmark in the German payment card business. In 2025, the debit card of the German banking industry was used around 8.3 billion times. This represents an increase of 4.8 ...