Wednesday, 30 May 2018

London's buskers will soon have contactless payments

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Fewer people are carrying cash these days, which doesn't bode so well for buskers who rely on spare change.

London is rolling out a system which allows people to pay the city's street performers with contactless cards, in what is claimed to be a world first.

Busk In London, an organisation representing street performers, has partnered on the project with London mayor Sadiq Khan and Swedish payments company iZettle, the latter of which was acquired by PayPal earlier this month. 

"Now, more Londoners will be able to show their support to the capital's brilliant, talented street performers," Khan said, according to the BBC. Read more...

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