contactless payment

Tap your card

Contactless payment is a transaction method where a card or device communicates wirelessly with a payment terminal, requiring no physical insertion or swiping.

The user taps or waves a card, phone, or smartwatch near the reader: Just tap your card for contactless payment.

The technology uses near-field communication (NFC) or radio-frequency identification (RFID).

Related

credit limit · RFID · credit card · QR code · Apple Pay · tokenization · cashless · wave · tap · digital currency · encryption · biometric verification · vending machines · transaction · fraud detection · digital wallet · mobile wallet · smart watch

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Opposites
physical interaction required

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Transaction using physical currency

chip and PIN · check payment

technological modernity

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Direct goods-for-goods exchange

cash · paper money · coins · check · cheque

transaction speed and convenience

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Negotiable paper instrument

wire transfer · bank transfer · layaway · cash on delivery · invoice payment

Family

payment, contact, paying, repayment, contactless, contacts, contacted, contacting, payers

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G