One in five card payments are now made via contactless, new figures show. Contactless cards were used for 21 per cent of card payments in August 2016, totalling £2.3 billion, figures from The UK Cards Association reveal. In August 2015, they were used for just 7.9 per cent of card purchases. The average contactless card transaction was £8.97 in August, compared to £7.12 in August 2015. Read more: finextra.com
