Instead of ‘passing the hat’ UK street performer takes plastic

Street performers typically keep their guitar case open or have a hat available for passersby to leave donations. The UK term for this is busking and Peter Buffery is taking it to a new level.

The Canadian contactless payments market is set to take off as large stores rapidly adopt the new technology, and smaller merchants threaten to make the jump as well, according to itbusiness.ca.

The Co-operative Food is partnering with Barclaycard to become the UK’s first major grocery retailer to introduce contactless payment in its stores nationwide. The roll-out will begin next year with a pilot in 100 Co-op stores, allowing customers to speed through checkout lines with tap & go purchases of £15 or less.

New research from Barclays and Barclaycard shows that Britons are fed up with waiting in line, with two-fifths of customers refusing to queue for longer than two minutes and two-thirds regularly abandoning purchases.