According to the research, the proportion of contactless payments in the DACH region has risen by around 7% to 91% following the lockdown. It is remarkable that contactless transactions have increased by more than half, while the number of non-contactless payments has fallen by around 20%. In food retailing, around 70% of credit card payments were contactless prior to the lockdown. In the six weeks following the lockdown, the average proportion was just under 75%.
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