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NEW YORK -- More than five years after the development of ExxonMobil's Speedpass, MasterCard and American Express are putting the final touches on contactless versions of their credit cards.

Spontaneous spending is likely to rise if the limit on contactless cards is increased or scrapped entirely, academics say. At present, the need to press a four-digit PIN for purchases over £100 gives ...

RFID credit cards are embedded with a tag that enables contactless payments, one of the safest ways to pay. Many or all of the products on this page are from partners who compensate us when you click ...

New versions of the Prilex point-of-sale malware can block secure, NFC-enabled contactless credit card transactions, forcing consumers to insert credit cards that are then stolen by the malware. On a ...

Consumers will be able to set their own contactless limits from March 2026, under new rules from the Financial Conduct ...

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 ...

Contactless payment options have been used in countries such as Australia and Canada for more than a decade. However, it is only within the last five years or so that credit card issuers have begun to ...

Chauncey grew up on a farm in rural northern California. At 18 he ran away and saw the world with a backpack and a credit card, discovering that the true value of any point or mile is the experience ...