Rishi Sunak has joked about how he had to be shown how to use his contactless card after a petrol station gaffe. The embarrassing exchange took place in March as the Tory MP promoted a 5pm fuel duty ...

Millions of shoppers will soon see big changes to contactless payment card limits under plans announced by the financial regulator. The contactless limit is currently set at £100 - for anything above ...

The contactless card spending limit has more than doubled, now standing at £100. The move should help some queues go down more quickly at checkouts, as shoppers can pay with a single swipe, rather ...

Chiara is an award-winning investigative reporter who specialises in banking and fraud, joining Which? in 2015 following six years as a personal finance journalist at a national newspaper. Banks ...

Banks and payment providers will be able to set their own contactless payment limits from March 2026, with the current £100 ...

A domestic payment scheme company, Verve, has said that its customers can now make their payment seamlessly by a tap on a contactless-enabled terminal. This is as the company introduced contactless ...

New powers are set to be handed to card providers to decided for themselves whether the £100 contactless limit is to be kept or not. As it stands, in the UK, there is a £100 limit on contactless ...

The Financial Conduct Authority said it wants to give card providers the flexibility to decide the right limit for them and their customers (Andrew Matthews/PA Archive) Contactless card limits could ...