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More and more people are paying at points of sale with their smartphones. A dedicated payment app on a modern Android phone allows users to pay contactlessly in the same way as with a debit card. Seven banks currently offer this service. The Dutch Payments Association expects the number of users to continue rising, because the service makes payments more convenient and more banks are offering it.<\/p>\n\n\n

\"Customer<\/figure>\n\n\n

The Beach in Aalsmeer, the Netherlands\u2019 largest indoor sports and events centre, has accepted debit card payments since it opened in 1996. Contactless payments have been possible since 2016. In addition to sports on sand, The Beach offers extensive hospitality facilities. \u201cIt is important to us that guests can pay quickly and easily. Contactless payments are part of that,\u201d says Arthur Wingelaar, General Manager of The Beach Aalsmeer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Arthur
Contactless mobile payment at The Beach. Arthur Wingelaar is on the left and Freia Goederaad on the right.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Half of debit card payments are contactless<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Paying with a smartphone (in Dutch) <\/path><\/svg><\/span><\/a> is one way to make a contactless payment. The use of contactless payments (in Dutch) <\/path><\/svg><\/span><\/a> continues to grow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last year marked the one-billionth contactless payment; the total has now already reached 2.8 billion, an increase of 165 per cent. Half of all debit card payments are contactless, twice the share recorded at the beginning of last year. More and more people in the Netherlands pay quickly and easily by briefly holding their debit card or mobile phone against the payment terminal. For amounts up to and including \u20ac25, this can usually be done without entering a PIN.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mobile payment campaign<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

At the end of last year, the Dutch Payments Association and participating banks launched the \u2018mobiel aftikken, altijd easy\u2019 campaign (in Dutch) <\/path><\/svg><\/span><\/a> to encourage mobile payments. The campaign will continue this spring.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

More than 500,000 contactless payment apps have been downloaded as smartphone payments become increasingly common at points of sale in the Netherlands.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":1149,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"editor_notices":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,22],"btv_subject_tax":[16],"class_list":["post-1938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-press-release","btv_subject_tax-card-payments"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nApps voor contactloos betalen en hun voordelen - Dutch Payments Association<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Steeds meer banken bieden apps voor contactloos betalen aan. 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