“ VITALY BECKMAN BRINGS ART TO LIFE” –

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Using card readers for online payments is becoming increasingly popular among small traders and charities who cannot afford the infrastructure traditionally used for credit card payments.

This is major news for anybody who busks. As society moves towards a much more cashless society buskers have found that their income on the streets has become less and less. A lot of this has to do with the face people just don ' t carry cash any more. this new trial in London is a step in the right direction and will help a lot of buskers whose income has been threatened by the card society.

London has introduced a contactless payment scheme for buskers in what the organisers claim is a world first.

In addition to tossing loose change into a box, passers-by can use card readers to make contactless payments.

It has been launched in partnership with Swedish tech firm iZettle, bought this month by US payments giant PayPal.

" Now, more Londoners will be able to show their support to the capital ' s brilliant, talented street performers," said London mayor Sadiq Khan.

He announced on Sunday that the scheme will be be rolled out across the city after successful trials.

Charlotte Campbell, a full-time busker, was part of the trial and says that after two weeks it " had a significant impact on contributions ".

The card readers, which plug into smartphones and other devices, allow tapto-donate fixed payments. " More people than ever tap-to-donate whilst I sing, and often, when one person does, another follows," Ms Campbell said.

The organisation Busk in London, which is working with iZettle on the scheme, said it would be made available to buskers in

Founded in Stockholm in 2010, iZettle started out selling credit and debit card readers, but has more recently expanded with an e-commerce platform which tracks items such as sales and inventory for its customers.

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