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The pandemic will be remembered as a decisive time for contactless payments with accelerated card issuance and usage Consumers favour contactless payments during the pandemic RBR’s Global Cards Data and Forecasts to 2026 shows that the number of contactless purchases increased by 36% in 2020. Many hygiene-conscious consumers gravitated towards contactless payment methods
Correspondent david lee miller takes a look at both sides of this. >> one, two, three. >> this is one of nearly a million new york city residents who have applied for a municipal i.d. card. >> i just think as someone living in the u.s., it is good to have a form of of i.d. >> critics say obtaining a card is too easy, except all documents needed by applicants can include an expired foreign passport and proof of a 15 day homeless shelter residents. the program was created under the administration of democratic mayor bill de blasio to help people who have no other recognized form of identificatio...