What Happens if a Card Machine Breaks Down?   A recent article by Anne Widdecombe in the Daily Express highlights a problem with card payment machines not working properly. She recounts a 5-hour train journey with no refreshments available because the card machine would not work – and apparently couldn’t be fixed there and then. […]

Contactless Payments Highest in the UK   A recent report in Payments Journal1 notes that contactless payments in the UK have risen from around 65% of face-to-face transactions before covid to 87% today. This puts the UK above any other country in the uptake of contactless payments. Of course, the pandemic accelerated this trend as