UK Contactless payment limit increases to £30

[Nli.]

Source?

To be honest I haven't really used Contact less on my card a lot I usually use my phone instead as it's always in my hand over my card, and has a NFC sim card as well as the phone being NFC itself so it makes so much sense. However, I've been hearing that some people are being taken out of pocket because of NFC systems (NFC - Near Field Communication, the technology in your contacless cards) whereby, people are walking past picking up the NFC signals and taking money from users banks, just because they're within x distance.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22545804

[xxMATTGxx]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22545804

2013, I wonder if it's been fixed.

[peteyt]

2013, I wonder if it's been fixed.

That's the problem - with new technology comes new ways to scam people, new flaws etc. It didn't take people long to find ways to get past fingerprint scanners in most of the phones using them. And that's what worries me about contactless - it's still a new technology.

At the same time - there's been lots of incidents in the past with petrol stations for example setting cameras up to capture people's pins, so it does have a benefit.

[xxMATTGxx]

That's the problem - with new technology comes new ways to scam people, new flaws etc. It didn't take people long to find ways to get past fingerprint scanners in most of the phones using them. And that's what worries me about contactless - it's still a new technology.

At the same time - there's been lots of incidents in the past with petrol stations for example setting cameras up to capture people's pins, so it does have a benefit.

Then you may as well store your money under your bed or something.

[Phil]

Nice one! It's still only €15 in Ireland so hopefully it raises soon here too. I use it wherever possible but it's surprising the amount of places here that still aren't set up for it. I'm not paranoid about it at all and will keep using it wherever possible. I don't think I can do it on my phone though like you guys are talking about???

[Jake]

I kick off at anyone who attempts to use contactless when i give them my card.
It takes like 5 days for the money to be shown its come out my account and i always think i have more than i do so i stopped using it. The bank won't give me a card without contactless unless i change my account & that requires changing way too many direct debits and payment details that i cannot be bothered with

[Alysha]

Some guy I work with ended up paying for someone's shopping because he leaned over the card reader to help the customer and his card was in his pocket. I never get over that story.

[welshcake]

No Alysha It wasn't that.
He took his staff card out to cancel a card transaction (our card readers are horrible so if you click card payment on the till and you want to cancel it, you either have to wait for it to time out or you can swipe your staff card down the card reader and that cancels it too) but anyway.
He took his staff card out of his shirt pocket to cancel a customers transaction and he also took his bank card out
when he went to swipe his staff card, the card machine caught his bank card and he ended up paying for a £20+ shop hahaha rip

i don't have contactless on my card but I use apple pay all the time because I'm forever forgetting to bring my card to work and stuff. No card means no dinner so I complain and get grumpy
it would be handy for me when it goes up

[Meanies]

I've had a contactless card for yonks but not once have I used it. No real reason why I don't use it but I guess I'm just so used to putting my pin in

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[Thordenhime]

YES MORE BEER AT WETHERSPOONS WITHOUT CASH