Up the limit on Card "Touch" payments to £100 to fight the spread of Covid-19

Rejected 11 signatures

What the petition asks

As a temporary, measure card touch payments should be increased to allow people, especially the elderly and vulnerable to make larger purchases without having to touch the keypad.

The passing of money and the use of keypads to make purchases could help transmit Covid-19. Increasing the amount allowed for touch payments could help slow down the spread of the virus. It would be a good idea to encourage people to use "touch" instead of cash or using the touchpads.

Why it was rejected

It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.

The Government does not set the limit for contactless card payments. This is a matter for individual banks and card providers, not the Government or Parliament.

You could start a petition calling on the Government to encourage bank and card providers to increase the limit for contactless card payments in order to limit the need for people to use cash or touch card payment machines.

You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:

NHS website: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

UK Government website: https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus

Timeline

15 Mar 2020	Petition opened for signatures
24 Mar 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 11

Status Rejected

Rejected 24 Mar 2020

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