The largest taxi company in Taiwan, Taiwan-taxi 台灣大車隊 turns to Visa Paywave for the payment of taxi fares that usually range from the minimum fee of NT$70 (US$ 2 - EUR 1.6) to NT$400 (US$ 12.5 - EUR 9.5). The case for contactless payment in taxi seems indeed quite obvious: fares represent small amounts, taxi [...]

“Visa Europe will spend around EUR 10 million in 2009 to equip retailers with appropriate reading terminals which can accept payments made via Visa payWave contactless cards, reports Euroactiv.com citing the CEO of Visa Europe Peter Ayliffe.
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