Barclaycard Highlights the Growth of Contactless Technology in the UK With Facebook Infographics

Barclaycard Highlights the Growth of Contactless Technology in the UK With Facebook Infographics

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM — (Marketwired) — 05/29/13 — As the popularity of contactless technology continues to rise, the page has published a series of infographics illustrating how contactless payments have seen an increase in frequency, value, and availability across the UK.In the first image of the series, a map of the UK shows how the number of contactless payments has increased fivefold by going from 710,000 transactions in December 2011 to 3.8 million in December 2012. Alongside this gr