Contactless payments using a smartphone or smartwatch surpassed those made with a payment card for the first time in 2025.

Shoppers could find it easier to pay bigger amounts using contactless, under the City regulator’s plans. The current rules mean people can make payments of up to £100 per transaction when using ...

Mobile phone payments outstripped payments by debit or credit card in shops and other outlets for the first time last year, ...

Shoppers could find it easier to pay bigger amounts using contactless, under new plans. The current rules mean people can only make payments of up to £100 per transaction when using physical ...

As contactless payments become ubiquitous, fraudsters are evolving new tactics to exploit them. A Near Field Communication (NFC) relay attack is one such threat. It intercepts and relays the ...