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Barclays Android app makes £100 contactless payments
Barclays Android app makes £100 contactless payments
This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on: 23rd June 2016 10:21
This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on: 23rd June 2016 10:21
Barclays has upgraded its Android app to allow UK customers to make contactless payments in stores via their handsets.
The bank has opted to provide the facility rather than support Google's Android Pay service. Both allow payments of up to £100 via compatible terminals, although sums over £30 require the use of a Pin code. But Barclays says its app also allows customers to carry on spending if they lose one of their physical cards. That is because if a card is cancelled, Barclays can immediately upload the details of its replacement to the app, as soon as it is issued. By contrast, Android Pay requires a user to wait until a replacement card has been received by post so that they can scan or manually type in its details.....Read more here
The bank has opted to provide the facility rather than support Google's Android Pay service. Both allow payments of up to £100 via compatible terminals, although sums over £30 require the use of a Pin code. But Barclays says its app also allows customers to carry on spending if they lose one of their physical cards. That is because if a card is cancelled, Barclays can immediately upload the details of its replacement to the app, as soon as it is issued. By contrast, Android Pay requires a user to wait until a replacement card has been received by post so that they can scan or manually type in its details.....Read more here