Fast-track immigration in India: Eligibility, registration and key details explainedIndia's Fast Track Immigration-Trusted Traveller Programme is now operational at 13 airports, allowing eligible Indian citizens and OCI car...
20 Apr, 2026, 10.11 AM IST
Scammers in Europe can steal €50 just by walking past you - no PIN, no alertScammers in European cities are exploiting contactless card technology to steal money from tourists. Using hidden card readers in crowded a...
16 Jul, 2025, 11.03 AM IST
What is the per transaction limit for using contactless debit cardContactless cards allow for faster and more convenient payments at participating merchants in India without the need to enter a PIN. The RB...
29 Jan, 2024, 01.08 PM IST
How to activate/enable contactless payments on SBI debit card: Here are 3 waysSBI contactless debit cards can be used to make in-person purchases at merchant locations, pay online, and withdraw cash.
25 Jul, 2022, 11.48 AM IST
Contactless Visa SBI Credit Card - Increased transaction limit brings in enhanced convenienceWith SBI Card, #CashlessConfidence comes easy because you don't have to touch the POS machine, swipe the card or enter the card PIN.
17 Mar, 2021, 10.43 AM IST
Easier norms for contactless use may boost cardsIn India, QR code-based payments have been increasing on the back of the Unified Payments Interface (UPI), which saw a record 2.2 billion t...
07 Dec, 2020, 10.24 AM IST
RBI increases limit for contactless card transactions to Rs 5,000 from January 1"In order to expand the adoption of digital payments in a safe and secure manner, it is proposed to enhance, at the discretion of the user,...
04 Dec, 2020, 05.47 PM IST
SBI Card & Visa’s new campaign captures how we can ‘Tap into the new normal’This latest video campaign from SBI Card & Visa beautifully encapsulates how we have been tapping into the new normal.
30 Jun, 2020, 12.35 PM IST
FinMin wants banks to start issuing near field communication-enabled credit and debit cardsThe government has set an ambitious target of 30-billion digital transactions to be accomplished within 2018.
20 Jul, 2018, 06.02 AM IST
Inox partners Innoviti to launch contactless card paymentsThrough this association customers can make the transactions by simply waving the credit or debit card at the contactless card acceptance t...
20 Sep, 2016, 04.03 PM IST
Visa issues more than a million contactless cardsVisa has issued over one million Visa payWave contactless cards issued in the market and acceptance at more than 1,00,000 merchant location...
22 Jun, 2016, 01.56 PM IST
Axis Bank launches multi-currency contactless cardAxis Bank will upgrade close to about one-fourth of its PoS machines so that they can accept debit and credit card payments from contactles...
17 Aug, 2015, 10.31 AM IST
Axis Bank launches multi-currency contactless card with VisaAxis Bank's 'tap and pay' cards can be loaded in 15 currencies such as Swiss Franc, Hong Kong dollar along with rthe US dollar, Euro and Br...
13 Aug, 2015, 10.34 AM IST
Axis Bank to launch NFC technology in multi-currency forex cards for overseas travellers‘Tap and pay’ refers to the use of NFC technology, which enables holders of ‘contactless cards’ to make payments by waving or tapping the c...
12 Aug, 2015, 06.58 PM IST
SBI launches contactless debit and credit card with Rs 1 lakh fraud coverThe bank has said that the contactless card will come with emergency replacement facility anywhere in the world and will have a fraud liabi...
15 May, 2015, 04.16 PM IST
RBI says second-factor authentication not needed for small transactionsThe Reserve Bank of India on Thursday said that banks can allow contactless card transactions upto Rs 2,000 without PIN authentication.
15 May, 2015, 10.09 AM IST
Five things to know about contactless credit cardsIt has a chip and a radio frequency antenna embedded. When it is tapped against a terminal enabled for contactless payments, the card trans...
13 Apr, 2015, 08.35 AM IST