What are contactless payments?
Contactless payments are transactions made by tapping either a contactless chip card or payment-enabled mobile or wearable device over a contactless-enabled payment terminal. Cards, phones, watches and other devices use the same contactless technology. When you tap to pay checkout is secure, convenient and touch-free.
Fast transactions
Simple purchases
Secure payments
How do I know if my card or device can make contactless payments?
Visa Contactless Chip Cards
If your Visa card features the Contactless Indicator on either the front or back, you can use it to tap to pay where you see the Contactless Symbol at many of your favorite stores.
Devices
Don’t have a contactless chip card? You can still tap to pay by loading an eligible payment card into your payment-enabled phone or wearable device.
How to tap to pay
Look
Tap
Go
Your payment is securely processed in seconds. Once your payment is confirmed, you’re good to go!
Benefits of Contactless Payments
Secure
Convenient
Touch-free
Contactless payment security
Tapping to pay with your Visa contactless chip card or payment-enabled mobile/wearable device is a secure way to pay because each transaction generates a transaction-specific, one-time code, that is extremely effective in reducing counterfeit fraud.
To make a payment, your contactless chip card or payment-enabled mobile/wearable device must be placed within 2 inches of the Contactless Symbol located on the checkout terminal in order for the transaction to take place (so you can’t pay accidentally).
FAQ
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Tapping to pay uses short-range wireless technology to make secure payments between a contactless card or payment-enabled device and a contactless-enabled checkout terminal. When you tap your card or device near the Contactless Symbol, your payment is sent for authorization.
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The EMVCo Contactless Indicator* indicates acceptance. When featured on a card, it means the card can be used to tap to pay. When featured on a checkout terminal, it means a merchant accepts tapping to pay.
The EMVCo Contactless Symbol* indicates where you tap your contactless card or payment-enabled device on the checkout terminal to make a payment. -
You'll see the Contactless Indicator on your card. For your phone or other device, please see Apple Pay for Visa, Google Pay for Visa and Samsung Pay for Visa.
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The Wi-Fi-looking symbol on a debit or credit card is the EMVCo Contactless Indicator*. It indicates that your card can be used to tap to pay on a contactless-enabled payment terminal.