From September 2015 the UK spending limit on contactless cards will increase from £20 to £30 per transaction. When the technology was first introduced the spending limit was £10, which increased to £20 following fast take-up of the payment method. The increase to £30 follows a serge in the use of contactless payments in the…
From 16 September 2014, users of the London Underground network in the UK will be able to use contactless payment cards to pay for travel as well as the existing pre-paid Oyster cards. This includes travel on all Tube, DLR and Overground trains. They will work in exactly the same way as the current Oyster card…
Transport for London (TFL) has announced that London buses will no longer accept cash payments from this summer, though the exact date is yet to be confirmed. Contactless payments using cards were first introduced in December 2012 and since its introduction there has been a steady increase in the number of contactless payment transactions. Currently,…
The UK’s Transport for London (TFL) has announced that the use of contactless credit, debit or charge cards will be available on the tube, Docklands Light Railway (DLR), trams and London Overground rail services by early 2014. The payment cards will be used in the same way as the current Oyster card system, where users hold…