Another surge in transactions means contactless payments are here to stay

Irish consumers are now spending more than €30m a day through contactless payments

'The pandemic has undoubtedly played a considerable role in driving this change in consumer behaviour'.

Irish consumers made just under two million contactless payments every day in March.

New figures from the Banking & Payments Federation Ireland (BPFI) show more than €948m worth of contactless transactions were made in the month, an increase of 72% on March of last year.