{"id":2274,"date":"2015-04-20T20:49:00","date_gmt":"2015-04-20T18:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/?p=2274"},"modified":"2026-08-07T02:47:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T00:47:13","slug":"contactless-payments-visual-impairments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/news\/contactless-payments-visual-impairments\/","title":{"rendered":"Contactless payments convenient for people with visual impairments"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-intro-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">On 8, 9 and 10 April, visitors to the ZieZo fair, the Dutch national exhibition about living with impaired vision, were able to experience the convenience of contactless payments.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/10\/Oefenen-met-contactloos-betalen-op-de-ZieZo-beurs.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Visitors practice tap-to-pay at a demonstration stand at the ZieZo fair, with explanation from an employee.\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/10\/Oefenen-met-contactloos-betalen-op-de-ZieZo-beurs.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/10\/Oefenen-met-contactloos-betalen-op-de-ZieZo-beurs-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/10\/Oefenen-met-contactloos-betalen-op-de-ZieZo-beurs-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Contactless payments were particularly useful for people with a visual impairment, as no PIN had to be entered for amounts up to and including \u20ac25. Another benefit was that users could pay simply by holding the card in their hand and did not have to find the exact place to insert it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In collaboration with the Dutch Eye Association, the Dutch Payments Association, the Foundation for Promoting Efficient Payments and several payment terminal suppliers, a practice setup was installed at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oogvereniging.nl\/\">Dutch Eye Association\u2019s <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> stand at the ZieZo fair (link in Dutch). Visitors could practise <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pin.nl\/consument\/contactloos-betalen-met-betaalpas-of-mobiele-telefoon\/\">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) at their own pace and ask questions. Many visitors made use of the opportunity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The practice setup received compliments and produced several useful suggestions: make the amount on the payment terminal screen larger and consider adding a speech function to the terminal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"contactless-payments-on-the-rise\">Contactless payments on the rise<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More than 9.5 million debit cards and mobile phones with contactless payment functionality were in circulation. Consumers could use them to pay contactlessly at 70,000 payment terminals in the Netherlands, one in five. The number of contactless payments rose to more than 4.4 million in March, an increase of 36% compared with February that year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most contactless payments were made in catering and restaurants and in supermarkets. Small amounts were particularly likely to be paid contactlessly: 80% of contactless payments were below \u20ac7.50.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Visitors with visual impairments practised contactless payments and suggested ways to make payment terminals more accessible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":2275,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"editor_notices":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,22],"btv_subject_tax":[16,15],"class_list":["post-2274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-press-release","btv_subject_tax-card-payments","btv_subject_tax-payments-for-all"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin  - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Contactloos betalen bij visuele beperking op de beurs - Dutch Payments Association<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Bezoekers van de ZieZo-beurs ervaren de voordelen van contactloos betalen bij visuele beperking. 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