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MSE News: Contactless cards payment limit rises to £30
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Shoppers can buy goods costing up to £30 using contactless credit and debit cards from today...
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Contactless cards payment limit rises to £30
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I seem to have trouble making mine work. I hold it on the machine, and the checkout person is supposed to press a button to accept it.
However, if the card is put in place before the button is pressed, the machine thinks the card is there accidentally and doesn't register it.
I even handed my card to the checkout lady today, and she was not able to make it work.0 -
I remember when contactless payments were first introduced.
Even in London I only found one place that accepted it... or, they would have accepted it if the machine had been turned on.
Also, the minimum and maximum amounts were the same at £10.
Not exactly useful...0 -
I remember when contactless payments were first introduced.
Even in London I only found one place that accepted it... or, they would have accepted it if the machine had been turned on.
Also, the minimum and maximum amounts were the same at £10.
Not exactly useful...
Maybe they didn't have anything for sale for exactly £10.
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It doesn't affect me, as I've opted out.
HSBC didn't have any process for issuing non-contactless cards. I closed that account.
Lloyds do let you trade in a contactless card for one without the microchip. It does seem strangely wasteful that you have to wait for them to issue you with a contactless card, then hand it straight in at your branch to be destroyed.
I don't know what Nationwide are doing yet - my old card doesn't expire until 2018.If it sticks, force it.
If it breaks, well it wasn't working right anyway.0 -
I seem to have trouble making mine work. I hold it on the machine, and the checkout person is supposed to press a button to accept it.
However, if the card is put in place before the button is pressed, the machine thinks the card is there accidentally and doesn't register it.
I even handed my card to the checkout lady today, and she was not able to make it work.
You need to wait until the contactless symbol is displayed on the screen before touching your card. Sometimes you have to tell the cashier you are paying card/contactless so they activate the card machine.0 -
It doesn't affect me, as I've opted out.
HSBC didn't have any process for issuing non-contactless cards. I closed that account.
Lloyds do let you trade in a contactless card for one without the microchip. It does seem strangely wasteful that you have to wait for them to issue you with a contactless card, then hand it straight in at your branch to be destroyed.
I don't know what Nationwide are doing yet - my old card doesn't expire until 2018.
You can definately request a non-contactless card with Nationwide
I find contactless quite useful especially in coffee shops where it's busy, not had any problems with it so far0 -
Well done MSE for correctly reporting that Apple Pay has no transaction limit (as it uses two-factor authentication). The mainstream media have been misreporting that the new £30 limit will also apply to Apple Pay.
Retailers that impose a £20 limit on Apple Pay do so because they haven't upgraded their terminals' software to support the latest contactless specifications. Once they upgrade the software to support the new £30 limit, this should also remove any £20 limit for Apple Pay.
Therefore I can't see any circumstances where a £30 limit would apply to Apple Pay transactions.0
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