Source: www.itnews.com.au .

By Brett Winterford

Woolworths has partnered with Visa to allow ‘contactless’ card payments for all transactions up to $100 across its entire retail empire.

The company said today it would start retro-fitting the payment terminals later this year across Woolworths supermarkets, Big W department stores, Caltex petrol stations, Dick Smith technology stores and a raft of liquor outlets (BWS, Dan Murphys, Woolworths Liquor).

The payment terminals will allow shoppers to swipe a card in front of a terminal for low-value transactions, rather than requiring PIN or signature.

The retail giant has released a request for proposal for vendors interested in a project to replace 30,000 integrated PIN pads over the next few months to upgrade to terminals that can accept contactless payments.

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