Contactless Card news and trends

Keeping Payments In Mind When Disrupting The Fleet Industry

May 20, 2016
Tap-And-Go Cards Set Off ‘Family Fraud’ Boom In UK
Europe // January 22, 2016

As the use of tap-and-go cards is steadily on the rise in the U.K., it seems a particular species of fraud that sees the elderly being preyed upon by their slightly more tech-savvy friends and family is as well. The U.K.’s Action for Elderly Abuse...

Contactless Payment Card Shipments Surge
News // February 12, 2015

The numbers are in, and according to the data, contactless cards are penetrating the market at an alarming and impressive rate. In new research released by the Smart Payment Association, the data revealed that 40 percent of the more than 1.5 billion smart payment cards...

BMW Teams With MasterCard For Car-Sharing Card
Europe // January 08, 2015

BMW has tapped MasterCard for a contactless credit card that will let users of the DriveNow car-sharing service pay for, unlock and operate a DriveNow car, according to Finextra. The deal was announced this week at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, but no...

Contactless Card Use in UK Reach Record Highs
Europe // April 30, 2014

UK contactless card transactions reached a record high in March, more than 200 percent from a year earlier.

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Tap-And-Go Cards Set Off ‘Family Fraud’ Boom In UK

January 22, 2016
As the use of tap-and-go cards is steadily on the rise in the U.K., it seems a particular species of fraud that sees the elderly being preyed upon by their slightly more tech-savvy friends and family is as well. The U.K.’s Action for Elderly Abuse — a support center for elderly victims of crime and […]

Contactless Payment Card Shipments Surge

February 12, 2015
The numbers are in, and according to the data, contactless cards are penetrating the market at an alarming and impressive rate. In new research released by the Smart Payment Association,...

BMW Teams With MasterCard For Car-Sharing Card

January 08, 2015
BMW has tapped MasterCard for a contactless credit card that will let users of the DriveNow car-sharing service pay for, unlock and operate a DriveNow car, according to Finextra. The...