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I think you are underestimating the amount. I know of _nobody_ (parents, grandparents, friends, friends of friends, etc) that do _not_ use contactless payments
by Mayzie 10y ago
I think you are underestimating the amount. I know of _nobody_ (parents, grandparents, friends, friends of friends, etc) that do _not_ use contactless payments when they can (anecdotal, I know). MasterCard, VISA, and the banks have spent many years marketing and educating the entire populace to just "tap and pay". Every payment terminal here, and by extension the merchants, has to support contactless payments. Every (debit and credit) card issued by a bank within the last few years have an NFC chip built-in. 99%^ of people with bank accounts have it, 99.9% of those use it when they can.
^there are some small banks / credit unions that still issue EFTPOS-only cards, but these are in the minority.
- flukus 10y agoSomeone posted this else where in the thread: > A May 2015 survey by RF Intelligence Group, called ‘Global Payments Evaluation Study’, based on 32,000 respondents in 16 countries found that 66 per cent of Australians are aware that they own a contactless payment card and 53 per cent have made a contactless transaction. By contrast, just 14 per cent of Americans own a contactless card and only 9 per cent have used one for a payment. http://www.bpaybanter.com.au/news-views/why-do-australians-lead-the-way-in-contactless-pay http://www.bpaybanter.com.au/news-views/why-do-australians-l... So only just over 50% have made a single contact less payment (as of a year ago). It looks like you hang around an atypical group.