Penetration Rates for Contactless Payments Saw Strong Growth in 2020, including in U.S., Say Networks

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Dan Balaban

NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – The CEOs of both Visa and Mastercard in their respective earnings calls yesterday confirmed that contactless payments continued to grow as a share of all face-to-face card payments, with consumer fears of handling cash building on already strong growth trends for the technology.

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