Take a hike to Poland if you want to marvel at this tech in action. Paying contactlessly that is. Called "zbliżeniowo" in Polish, that's also the word to say in

Take a hike to Poland if you want to marvel at this tech in action. Paying contactlessly that is. Called "zbliżeniowo" in Polish, that's also the word to say in response to being told the total if you want to use the card without pin and not the cash. It's not universal but extremely common at small shops, super markets, 'better' restaurants. Out of the way places, milk-bars ("bary mleczne", it has nothing to do with milk, it's a cheap place to eat simple foods at), pawn and thrift shops, street vendors, etc. are the majority of ones that don't have it. In Poland such a limit of 10 zlotys is common-ish (I've seen it ONCE in Warsaw when visiting) but will run afoul of agreements terminal owners have with banks and the fees are (I have no idea if that's true, it's hearsay from consumer legal advice websites) percentages not fixed so there is no difference in the end. Of course even if that's true the incentive is there - pure cash has no fees and most people buy little things very often so it adds up.