By John Glenday

London’s packed tube network has clocked up another milestone after the number contactless payment journeys surged to over a million for the first time ever in the run-up to Christmas as contactless debit cards and new systems such as Apple Pay become more commonplace.

The growing popularity of the swipe technology saw Visa rack up a 166 per cent annual increase in transactions in December alone as commuters coughed up a combined £339m to pay for 7.75m tube journeys over 2015.

Transport for London director of customer experience Shashi Verma said: “A quarter of our pay as you go customers use contactless Read full story ›

Source: The Drum