London busker Charlotte Campbell is one of the first performers to use a contactless card reader. "That makes busking a dying art if people aren't carrying cash any more." And some street vendors of The Big Issue magazine -- part of a charity scheme to lift people out of poverty and homelessness -- have also taken to carrying contactless readers to attract passersby who are not carrying cash. But Reverend Margaret Cave has also been recently deploying a contactless card reader to mop up one-off donations from her flock -- young and old alike. "I've taken card payments from our 93-year-old member of congregation and some of our much younger people," she said.

Source: Bangkok Post September 05, 2018 04:49 UTC