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Cartes Bancaires begins rollout of new contactless payment card limit

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To use the service, the merchant enters the transaction amount in the usual way and the customer then taps their contactless card to the merchant’s payment terminal. . Cartes Bancaires begins rollout of new contactless payment card limit was written by Sarah Clark and published by NFCW.

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Covid-era contactless payment limit rises drove consumer usage but not adoption, research finds

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The Swiss central bank’s researchers based their analysis on anonymized, transaction-level data for a large sample of point-of-sale debit card payments made in Switzerland between 2019 and 2021. “In Switzerland – the country we study – the tap-and-go limit was doubled from CHF40 to CHF80 in April 2020.

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Mastercard increases European contactless transaction limits

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Mastercard is part of an expanding trend toward easing restrictions to entice consumers to choose contactless payments over cash and plastic during the coronavirus.

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UK Increases Contactless Transaction Limit to £45

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Ireland’s AIB has nixed a plan to implement a 1-cent fee on contactless transactions during the pandemic, finding it imprudent to set that fee while a lack of human contact is encouraged. Other European banks like Revolut and N26 already offered free contactless payments.

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Coronavirus-driven loosening of contactless payment limits boosts volume for Barclays

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Barclays has experienced an incremental £264 million (about $330 million) in contactless spend in the month since it raised its per-transaction limit in response to the coronavirus pandemic, which has created an aversion to cash and contact payments.

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Amex increases contactless transaction limits in 26 more countries

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American Express has added 26 Caribbean nations to the list of countries where it’s raised the ceiling on contactless transactions that may be conducted without PINs, to reduce consumers’ exposure to touching PIN pads.

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Preparing Merchants For The Coming Mobile Wallet Boost

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To that end, said Matt Good , senior vice president and general manager of Elan Advisory Services , the shift to contactless payments is well underway — and the stage is being set for mobile wallets to gain a much wider embrace. Merchants, he said, “need to make sure they not only accept credit cards but also contactless payments.”.