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BARCLAYCARD will introduce contactless payments to its Android app – and allow customers to make tap-to-pay purchases of up to £100. Meanwhile Google has yet to announce a date for its Android Pay roll-out in the UK.</div>
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Barclaycard is introducing new features to its Android app that will enable contactless payment.</div>
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The updated app will allow customers to continue using their account even if their credit or debit card is lost or stolen.</div>
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The Barclaycard announcement comes days after <a href="http://newsnewsblog.blogspot.com/2015/09/android-smartphones-can-now-tap-to-pay.html">Google started rolling out its own tap-to-pay solution</a> – <a href="http://newsnewsblog.blogspot.com/2015/09/android-smartphones-can-now-tap-to-pay.html">dubbed Android Pay</a> – across the United States.</div>
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<section class="text-description">Android Pay,<a href="http://newsnewsblog.blogspot.com/2015/09/android-smartphones-can-now-tap-to-pay.html"> the US search firm's second attempt at making contactless smartphone payments mainstream</a>, uses similar NFC technology to <a href="http://newsnewsblog.blogspot.com/2015/09/apple-iphone-6s-3d-touch-live-photos.html">Apple Pay</a> and will work with any payment terminal that accept contactless cards.</section><section class="text-description">NFC, or Near-Field Communication, will also enable the new Barclaycard app, which rolls out across the UK in November.</section><section class="text-description">The credit card provider's official customer app will enable contactless on any Android smartphone with an NFC chip.</section><section class="pull-quote on-right"><blockquote class="nointellitxt ctx_blocked" id="nointellitxt">
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</section><section class="text-description"></section><section class="text-description">Currently, around 40 per cent of UK smartphones have NFC built-in after it was introduced to Android phones in 2011. It is also used to power Apple Pay on the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus.</section><section class="text-description">The updated app will enable customers to complete transactions of up to £30 by touching their device to a pay point, or payments of up to £100 by entering a PIN.</section><section class="text-description">Managing director of digital consumer payments at Barclaycard, Mike Saunders said: "Barclaycard has a strong history of innovation and we're constantly looking for new ways to revolutionise payments.</section><section class="text-description">"These new features transform Android phones into a mobile hub for our customers, allowing them to manage their account on the go, make contactless payments up to £100 and have a lost or stolen card instantly reissued - letting them continue to make contactless payments straight away."</section><section class="text-description">Customers will be able to contact the Barclaycard call centre from the app, and have a virtual replacement card send to their device. </section><section class="text-description"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rival Apple Pay requires a scan using the Touch ID fingerprint scanner to authenticate the purchase</td></tr>
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 </section><section class="text-description">Barclaycard says this can be used in the event of a card being stolen, lost or damaged.</section><section class="text-description">"This additional functionality is being added to our existing customer app so there's no need for existing users to download, register, upload or add card details into a new app, you just complete the simple opt-in process and away you go," said Mr Saunders.</section><section class="text-description">The move follows the <a href="http://newsnewsblog.blogspot.com/2015/09/apple-iphone-6s-3d-touch-live-photos.html">June launch of Apple Pay for iPhone 6 users in the UK</a>, and Samsung Pay and Android Pay are due to arrive in the UK in the coming months as technology firms embrace the market. </section><section class="text-description">UK Cards Association statistics from June show the number of contactless transactions has risen by more than 240 per cent in the last year.</section><div style="text-align: justify;">
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Barclaycard beats Google to Android contactless payments in UK

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