It may be convenient to pay with a wave of your credit or debit card, but Consumer Reports' Andrea Rock says so-called contactless cards make your personal data vulnerable. "Thieves can collect the ...

A staggering 18.3 billion contactless payments were made in the UK in 2023, marking a seven per cent increase from the previous year. According to data from UK Finance, contactless payments accounted ...

Consumers have been urged to check their bank security settings ahead of a major change in payment rules. As part of an ...

In theory, contactless card transactions made using near field communication (NFC) technology – used for purchases of £20 or less by customers holding a card or NFC-enabled smartphone near a terminal ...

In-person payments have undergone a transformation over the years. Initially, merchants used manual imprinters to take an imprint of a credit card, providing proof that the card was present at the ...

The FINANCIAL — The protections and purchasing power of contactless payments took a step forward as Mastercard announced the approval of the first cards for issuers that are compatible with the new ...

The protections and purchasing power of contactless payments took a step forward as Mastercard (NYSE: MA) announced the approval of the first cards for issuers that are compatible “with the new EMVCo ...

In today’s age of reducing germs and speeding up transactions, many card issuers are turning to contactless credit cards. A contactless credit card doesn’t require the user to swipe or insert their ...

Using a biometric scanner on your credit card makes your transactions more secure, but it might not solve any real issues. Evan Zimmer has been writing about finance for years. After graduating with a ...