Barclaycard: Contactless cards proving popular

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Barclaycard: Contactless cards proving popular

Thu 27th Nov 2008

Barclaycard has claimed that its contactless cards are proving popular with consumers, after the credit card provider issued the millionth card today.

The cards enable shoppers to buy items worth less than £10 without the need to sign or enter their pin number.

Barclaycard said that 98 per cent of users it surveyed found contactless payments easy to make and 88 per cent said it speeded up the process of buying day to day items like coffee.

Amer Sajed, the managing director of UK cards at Barclaycard, said: "More and more consumers are recognising contactless as a safe and secure way to pay, which not only saves them time, but is also easy to use."

Barclaycard also claims its technology, which requires users to swipe their card in front of a reader, can also benefit retailers.

The firm announced that Pret A Manger would now be offering customers in London the option to use the contactless payment system in addition to its own pre-pay Pret Cards.

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