Wednesday 18 Mar 2015 @ 15:10
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Commuters go crazy for contactless cards

Visa has named us as the fastest growing contactless Visa merchant in Europe.

We have also been named as the UK's fastest growing contactless merchant for Mastercard and American Express.

The news comes just six months after contactless payments were launched on the Tube, tram, DLR, London Overground, buses and most National Rail services in the Capital.

More than one million journeys are now made in this way every day on London's transport system - around one in seven transactions carried out in the country.

Contactless technology provides an easier and more convenient way for people to travel. Customers pay the same adult-rate pay as you go fare as Oyster and benefit from having their fares capped - this automatically calculates the best value for their contactless travel in a day or over a seven-day period from Monday to Sunday.

Customers using contactless cards also have no need to top up, and it is a secure means of paying for travel with multiple layers of security protecting against fraud.

Mayor Boris Johnson, said: 'London was the first city in the world to offer passengers the option of getting from A to B with a simple flourish of a contactless payment card. Clearly Londoners and visitors to the Capital have embraced this innovative technology.' 

 

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