Peoples’ haste benefits contactless payments
Contactless transactions have more than doubled in growth and are set to continue to rise as adoption of the technology increases.
Payment provider WorldPay has reported annual growth of over 226% and said that contactless payments trebled between 2012 and 2013. In the UK, the provider processed 43.6 million contactless payments in December 2013, up from 12.5 million the year before.
Speed and efficiency were rated as the top reasons to use contactless by 93% of users, WorldPay research stated