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Barclaycard bumps up spending limit for contactless cards

Thursday, March 4, 2010

UK’s Barclaycard is now allowing customers to pay for greater value items with their contactless credit and debit cards, bumping the limit up from £10 to £15 per purchase, according to which4u.co.uk.

Barclaycard hopes that the increased spending range will encourage more retailers to implement the technology.

According to Barclaycard, there are currently six million of the firm’s contactless cards in circulation in the UK, accepted at some 20,000 outlets.

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