One contactless payment being made per second

Over 2m contactless payments are being made by Irish consumers every month — one every second.

Contactless cards allow banks customers to pay for goods by holding a card in front of a terminal, without the need to enter a personal identity number (Pin).

The cards use the same industry-standard secure encryption technology as chip and Pin. Users are asked for a Pin occasionally as a security feature to verify they are the genuine cardholder.