London to introduce world’s first contactless card payment scheme for street performersLondon is to introduce a contactless payment scheme for buskers in what organisers say is a world first. Busk in London, a Mayor of London initiative, has partnered with technology company iZettle to give card readers to performers. The project will allow street musicians across London to accept payments via cash, contactless cards, wearable technology and chip and pin. Launching the scheme, London’s mayor, Sadiq Khan, said it would allow more Londoners to support the capital’s street performers. “I believe if street performers like myself don’t adapt to the cashless society we are edging towards, we’re at risk of becoming a dying art,” she said.

Source: The Guardian May 26, 2018 22:52 UTC