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Briefs: Leap in contactless cards issued but most inactive

The number of contactless payment cards issued globally reached 1.68 billion in 2016, up from 1.13 billion in 2015, Juniper research said. However, "only 55 per cent of these were actively used for card payments in 2016."

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