APACS: Contactless payments growing in UK
Contactless payment cards will continue to be deployed in the UK, according to payment association APACS.
There are 337,000 cards enabled for contactless technology in the UK, according to a story in IT Pro. Most of the cards are in London and the South East where Barclaycard, Visa and Transport for London have held trials. Some 6,000 merchants now have contactless-enabled point-of-sales terminals as well. Near field communication is also on the horizon, the story posited.
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