Yeah, think that stuff was sorted ages ago

Struck by this

"According to the UK Cards Association, in the first six months of 2014, fraud on contactless cards totalled ?51,000, which was just 0.007% of contactless card spending."

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I love it. One of these small things whichimproves life.

Posted By: Tricky Hawes on March 9th 2015 at 17:54:00

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on the subject of something raised briefly below - contactless payment cards are great (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Mar 9, 17:31:18
- Hate carrying money now (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Mar 9, 17:59:03
- My dad has his wallet nicked back in 2012. The bank were (General Chat) - admckechnie, Mar 9, 17:51:42
- Have these problems been fixed? (General Chat) - Larry Hagman, Mar 9, 17:45:11
  - Yeah, think that stuff was sorted ages ago (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Mar 9, 17:54:00
- Using on the tube is genius (n/m) (General Chat) - Adster, Mar 9, 17:34:49
  - using them for any low value is transaction is genius (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Mar 9, 17:36:35
    - isn't one downside (General Chat) - Henclrikus, Mar 9, 17:52:34
      - Thought retailers are now not allowed to charge extra fees for credit card payments? (n/m) (General Chat) - Larry Hagman, Mar 9, 17:58:37
      - Don't see why they would (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Mar 9, 17:56:57
        
        great until their terminal goes down (General Chat) - Henclrikus, Mar 9, 18:03:19
        
        keep them old cash registers for back-up (General Chat) - Tombs, Mar 9, 18:23:09
        
        lol. yes, all those things could happen. (n/m) (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Mar 9, 18:06:38
        
        Except the ones that like cash in hand (n/m) (General Chat) - Larry Hagman, Mar 9, 18:00:15
    - I dread the day when my local pub starts accepting contactless (n/m) (General Chat) - Adster, Mar 9, 17:45:10
      - I use it in 'Spoons all the time, classy individual that I am. (n/m) (General Chat) - bird table, Mar 9, 20:50:50
      - Red Lion is Sheff is all tooled up with the Contactlesses. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Mar 9, 18:51:21
      - Would at least not have to remember to wait to get the change (n/m) (General Chat) - Larry Hagman, Mar 9, 18:01:54
  - Using them on the tube is genius I mean (n/m) (General Chat) - Adster, Mar 9, 17:35:18

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