Paying for goods using a contactless card doesn’t require customers to enter a PIN — they just tap the card against the terminal at the till.
Currently, the most you can spend in a single transaction is GBP 20. But from September 1, the limit will increase to GBP 30.
However, it may take a while for the hundreds of thousands of payment terminals in stores across the UK to be updated, so, in some instances, after September 1 customers may still need to use their PIN to pay.
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