| Contactless payments limit raised to £100 10:31 - Mar 3 with 3078 views | GlasgowBlue |
Makes sense in a more hygiene aware age. |  |
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| Contactless payments limit raised to £100 on 12:11 - Mar 3 with 408 views | TractorWood |
| Contactless payments limit raised to £100 on 11:50 - Mar 3 by Guthrum |
If you have an interesting credit history, it may not be all that easy. With the after-effects of losing my business and getting into financial trouble following 2009, I have found it impossible to get a credit card, for example. Just a quite basic bank account.
Plus, in a concerted attack, a number of providers might be affected simultaneously. |
Fair. One of the challenger banks might be ok like Starling or Tide for a standard current account. Good to have a back up, Guthers. |  |
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| Contactless payments limit raised to £100 on 12:18 - Mar 3 with 392 views | Guthrum |
| Contactless payments limit raised to £100 on 12:11 - Mar 3 by TractorWood |
Fair. One of the challenger banks might be ok like Starling or Tide for a standard current account. Good to have a back up, Guthers. |
Yes. Not really investigated the newer challengers, have to give them a look. |  |
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| Contactless payments limit raised to £100 on 12:54 - Mar 3 with 362 views | coolcat |
| Contactless payments limit raised to £100 on 11:34 - Mar 3 by Guthrum |
Everything's fine until the system goes down.
For example, my bank had a major software issue a couple of years ago, leaving me unable to use my card. Fortunately, I had a few quid in cash to buy the groceries I needed.
Not just technical failure, either. Wannacry and SolarWinds have shown the vulnerability of systems to attack - combined with the unwillingness of companies to invest sufficiently in protection and alert systems ("Why should we spend that much money on something which may never happen?"). |
I've started to carry cash with me in case card systems break down in shops, after a recent experience at a local Co-op. All the card machines went down in the shop, including the self service tills, so it was cash only until the system was back up and running. They told me about it when I went in, in the late afternoon. They said it had been out since early in the morning & didn't know when it would be fixed. They got a lot of aggro about it. Lucky there was a working cash machine outside the shop. [Post edited 3 Mar 2021 12:55]
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| Contactless payments limit raised to £100 on 12:57 - Mar 3 with 356 views | Lord_Lucan |
| Contactless payments limit raised to £100 on 11:28 - Mar 3 by TractorWood |
Would cut down hugely on tax evasion.
I think it's inevitable. I honestly can't remember the last time I used cash. [Post edited 3 Mar 2021 11:29]
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That's what we're worried about. |  |
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| Contactless payments limit raised to £100 on 14:01 - Mar 3 with 332 views | giant_stow |
How am I meant to buy something illegal on a card?! |  |
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