Because contactless payments require neither PIN nor signature authorisation, lost or stolen contactless cards can be used to make fraudulent transactions.
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Is contactless card payment secure? Contactless payments are actually safer than regular ones. The reason for this is because consumers identify themselves through a biometric systems or a PIN number, and the mobile payment system generates an individual security code for each transaction.
Your contactless card may not work if the merchant you've visited doesn't have the correct card reader, for example, or if you haven't yet activated the card, among other reasons.
Benefits of Contactless Credit CardsIn comparison, “tapping” to pay using a contactless chip can take only seconds. Contactless payments are much faster than inserting a credit card and safer than paying with cash or by means of magnetic stripe swipe.
If you have two contactless cards in your purse or wallet and hold it over the reader, the payment will normally be rejected. However, to be safe you should remove the card from your purse or wallet before using it - as you would for any other payment.