News McNugget – Big Mac payments won’t touch the sides

When your burger takes around two minutes to cook, assemble, wrap and serve, it’s a pain to have to wait ten minutes while Johnny-no-stars works out which coins constitute the correct amount of change. That’s why McDonald’s is introducing contactless payment for Visa and Mastercard customers this summer.

You may think McDonald’s tastes like hamster droppings, but this is a wake-up call for anyone still relying on fuddy-duddy chip and pin tech. Soon, we’ll be paying for all the little things in life (up to about £15) with a wave of the wallet rather than dirty cash or fiddly PIN entry.

Our advice if you don’t have a contactless card yet? Call your bank and tell them you ate your old card because McDonald’s couldn’t process your payment quick enough. If they send you a replacement without the requisite RFID chip, change bank and head out for a celebratory Happy Meal. Supersized.

[via Brand Republic]

Dan Grabham Editor-in-Chief

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Dan is Editor-in-chief of Stuff, working across the magazine and the Stuff.tv website.  Our Editor-in-Chief is a regular at tech shows such as CES in Las Vegas, IFA in Berlin and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as well as at other launches and events. He has been a CES Innovation Awards judge. Dan is completely platform agnostic and very at home using and writing about Windows, macOS, Android and iOS/iPadOS plus lots and lots of gadgets including audio and smart home gear, laptops and smartphones. He's also been interviewed and quoted in a wide variety of places including The Sun, BBC World Service, BBC News Online, BBC Radio 5Live, BBC Radio 4, Sky News Radio and BBC Local Radio.

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