{"id":2162,"date":"2016-07-15T19:57:00","date_gmt":"2016-07-15T17:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/?p=2162"},"modified":"2026-08-07T02:06:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T00:06:47","slug":"first-500-vierdaagse-kisses-ronald-mcdonald-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/news\/first-500-vierdaagse-kisses-ronald-mcdonald-house\/","title":{"rendered":"First 500 Vierdaagse kisses donated to Ronald McDonald House"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-intro-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">On Saturday 16 July, Leo de Bever of Rabobank Nijmegen presented a cheque on behalf of <em>Pinnen, ja graag<\/em> for the first 500 Vierdaagse kisses to Erny Frowijn of Ronald McDonald House Nijmegen. Walkers and visitors to the Vierdaagse festivities can buy a kiss for a sick child from special kiss teams. To make paying for the kisses quick, easy and secure, the kiss teams are equipped with mobile contactless payment terminals.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"562\" height=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/10\/ZOEN.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Kiss logo in red lip shape with white text &#039;kiss&#039;, used for a donation campaign.\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/10\/ZOEN.png 562w, https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/10\/ZOEN-300x186.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 562px) 100vw, 562px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Erny Frowijn: \u201cAnyone who supports Ronald McDonald House can donate a kiss. In doing so, you help provide a \u2018home away from home\u2019 for families who desperately need it. You can, of course, donate more kisses too. The kiss teams will be active at various locations around the city throughout the week. The mobile payment terminals make it even easier for people to donate.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"kiss-teams\">Kiss teams<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Payments to the kiss teams can be made contactlessly. This is quick and easy, as no PIN is required for contactless payments of up to and including \u20ac25. Photographers will be out during the Vierdaagse festivities to capture the people donating kisses. The photos will be available to view and share the following day at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pin.nl\/campagnes\/campagnes-archief\/zoen\/\">www.pin.nl\/zoen <span class=\"icon inline-block ml-1 w-[0.875em]\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" fill=\"#000000\" viewBox=\"0 0 256 256\"><path d=\"M228,104a12,12,0,0,1-24,0V69l-59.51,59.51a12,12,0,0,1-17-17L187,52H152a12,12,0,0,1,0-24h64a12,12,0,0,1,12,12Zm-44,24a12,12,0,0,0-12,12v64H52V84h64a12,12,0,0,0,0-24H48A20,20,0,0,0,28,80V208a20,20,0,0,0,20,20H176a20,20,0,0,0,20-20V140A12,12,0,0,0,184,128Z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><\/a> (in Dutch).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"contactless-payments\">Contactless payments<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The organisers of the Vierdaagse festivities are pleased that the kiss teams have contactless payment terminals. Business manager Mark Prinsen: \u201cAs organisers, we have a strong preference for contactless payments. It is one of the twelve commandments in our programme booklet for good reason, and the \u2018Pay contactlessly too\u2019 logo can be seen throughout the city. The more people pay by debit card, the less cash is in circulation. That makes the festivities much safer. And it is faster too.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More and more people in the Netherlands are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pin.nl\/consument\/contactloos-betalen-met-betaalpas-of-mobiele-telefoon\/\">paying contactlessly <span class=\"icon inline-block ml-1 w-[0.875em]\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" fill=\"#000000\" viewBox=\"0 0 256 256\"><path d=\"M228,104a12,12,0,0,1-24,0V69l-59.51,59.51a12,12,0,0,1-17-17L187,52H152a12,12,0,0,1,0-24h64a12,12,0,0,1,12,12Zm-44,24a12,12,0,0,0-12,12v64H52V84h64a12,12,0,0,0,0-24H48A20,20,0,0,0,28,80V208a20,20,0,0,0,20,20H176a20,20,0,0,0,20-20V140A12,12,0,0,0,184,128Z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><\/a> (in Dutch) by briefly holding their debit card or mobile phone against the payment terminal. In June, there were more than <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pin.nl\/actueel\/kerncijfers\/\">50 million contactless payments <span class=\"icon inline-block ml-1 w-[0.875em]\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" fill=\"#000000\" viewBox=\"0 0 256 256\"><path d=\"M228,104a12,12,0,0,1-24,0V69l-59.51,59.51a12,12,0,0,1-17-17L187,52H152a12,12,0,0,1,0-24h64a12,12,0,0,1,12,12Zm-44,24a12,12,0,0,0-12,12v64H52V84h64a12,12,0,0,0,0-24H48A20,20,0,0,0,28,80V208a20,20,0,0,0,20,20H176a20,20,0,0,0,20-20V140A12,12,0,0,0,184,128Z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><\/a> (in Dutch) in a single month for the first time. The number of payment terminals also rose sharply this month, to 163,000. Contactless payments can therefore be made in more and more places.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t<div data-name=\"acf\/posts\" class=\"align\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"sr-only\">A list of articles<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"space-y-4 @container\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"items-stretch grid-cols-1 gap-8  lg:grid-cols-3 lg:text-zoom-lg:grid-cols-2 hidden @4xl:grid\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"@container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div data-component=\"teaser-post\" class=\"group relative flex h-full bg-ocean-50 flex-col hover:bg-ocean-100 focus-within:bg-ocean-100 transition-colors\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"relative overflow-hidden aspect-video image:absolute image:w-full image:h-full image:object-cover shrink-0 w-full group-hover:image:scale-105 group-focus-within:image:scale-105 image:transition-transform\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/woman-paying-in-cash-banknotesshutterstock_615632546-800x.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/woman-paying-in-cash-banknotesshutterstock_615632546-800x.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/woman-paying-in-cash-banknotesshutterstock_615632546-800x-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/woman-paying-in-cash-banknotesshutterstock_615632546-800x-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"flex flex-col p-6 grow @4xl:p-10 gap-4 @5xl:gap-8 @5xl:justify-between w-full\">\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-2 @4xl:gap-4\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"order-2 font-normal break-words text-md @md:text-lg @4xl:text-xl group-hover:underline group-focus-within:underline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/news\/cash-accepted-points-of-sale\/\" class=\"absolute-link underline-fade-in\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCash accepted at 96% of points of sale\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"order-1 flex flex-wrap items-center gap-4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul data-component=\"list-badges\" class=\"flex flex-wrap items-center gap-2\" aria-label=\"Posted in category\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"badge\" class=\"text-sm relative font-bold \">\n\t\t\t\t\tNews\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"badge\" class=\"text-sm relative font-bold \">\n\t\t\t\t\tCash payments\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Published on:<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"text-sm font-bold\" datetime=\"2026-08-06\">6 August 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https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/08\/Digital-euro-received-2160115957-1000x666-3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/08\/Digital-euro-received-2160115957-1000x666-3-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"flex flex-col p-6 grow @4xl:p-10 gap-4 @5xl:gap-8 @5xl:justify-between w-full\">\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-2 @4xl:gap-4\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"order-2 font-normal break-words text-md @md:text-lg @4xl:text-xl group-hover:underline group-focus-within:underline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/news\/eu-trilogue-digital-euro-begins\/\" class=\"absolute-link underline-fade-in\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tEU trilogue on the digital euro begins\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"order-1 flex flex-wrap items-center gap-4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul data-component=\"list-badges\" class=\"flex flex-wrap items-center gap-2\" aria-label=\"Posted in category\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"badge\" class=\"text-sm relative font-bold \">\n\t\t\t\t\tNews\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"badge\" class=\"text-sm relative font-bold \">\n\t\t\t\t\tEuropean legislation\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Published on:<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"text-sm font-bold\" datetime=\"2026-08-05\">5 August 2026<\/time>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"@container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div data-component=\"teaser-post\" class=\"group relative flex h-full bg-ocean-50 flex-col hover:bg-ocean-100 focus-within:bg-ocean-100 transition-colors\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"relative overflow-hidden aspect-video image:absolute image:w-full image:h-full image:object-cover shrink-0 w-full group-hover:image:scale-105 group-focus-within:image:scale-105 image:transition-transform\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"275\" src=\"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/08\/nieuwe-eurobiljetten-1024x275.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/08\/nieuwe-eurobiljetten-1024x275.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/08\/nieuwe-eurobiljetten-300x81.png 300w, https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/08\/nieuwe-eurobiljetten-768x206.png 768w, https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/08\/nieuwe-eurobiljetten-1536x412.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/08\/nieuwe-eurobiljetten.png 1538w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"flex flex-col p-6 grow @4xl:p-10 gap-4 @5xl:gap-8 @5xl:justify-between w-full\">\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-2 @4xl:gap-4\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"order-2 font-normal break-words text-md @md:text-lg @4xl:text-xl group-hover:underline group-focus-within:underline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/news\/vote-on-the-design-of-new-euro-banknotes\/\" class=\"absolute-link underline-fade-in\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tVote on the Design of New Euro Banknotes\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"order-1 flex flex-wrap items-center gap-4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul data-component=\"list-badges\" class=\"flex flex-wrap items-center gap-2\" aria-label=\"Posted in category\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"badge\" class=\"text-sm relative font-bold \">\n\t\t\t\t\tNews\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"badge\" class=\"text-sm relative font-bold \">\n\t\t\t\t\tCash payments\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Published on:<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"text-sm font-bold\" datetime=\"2026-08-04\">4 August 2026<\/time>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"grid items-stretch grid-cols-1 gap-4 grid @4xl:hidden\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"@container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div data-component=\"teaser-post\" class=\"group relative flex h-full bg-ocean-50 flex-row hover:bg-ocean-100 focus-within:bg-ocean-100 transition-colors\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"image:w-full image:aspect-video image:object-cover shrink-0 m-4 mr-0 @lg:m-6 @lg:max-w-[164px] @lg:mr-0 w-1\/4 overflow-hidden group-hover:image:scale-105 group-focus-within:image:scale-105 image:transition-transform \">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/woman-paying-in-cash-banknotesshutterstock_615632546-800x.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/woman-paying-in-cash-banknotesshutterstock_615632546-800x.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/woman-paying-in-cash-banknotesshutterstock_615632546-800x-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/woman-paying-in-cash-banknotesshutterstock_615632546-800x-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"flex flex-col p-4 @lg:p-6 grow \">\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-2 @6xl:gap-4\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"order-2 font-normal max-w-full break-words text-md @md:text-lg group-hover:underline group-focus-within:underline \">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/news\/cash-accepted-points-of-sale\/\" class=\"absolute-link underline-fade-in\">\n\t\t\t\t\tCash accepted at 96% of points of sale\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"order-1 flex flex-wrap items-center gap-4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul data-component=\"list-badges\" class=\"flex flex-wrap items-center gap-2\" aria-label=\"Posted in category\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"badge\" class=\"text-sm relative font-bold \">\n\t\t\t\t\tNews\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"badge\" class=\"text-sm relative font-bold \">\n\t\t\t\t\tCash payments\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Published 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