Contactless limit outside UK

[rarther]

A similar question was answered very extensively by monzo recently.

Contactless over £30

Hmm, this shouldn’t be possible on our cards. Get in touch if you would like us to investigate. Let me explain a bit of what’s going on behind the scenes though. Contactless is just a method of the card communicating with the terminal. Normally, contactless does not require what’s called a CVM (Cardholder Verification Method). CVMs are things like signatures, PINs, and so on. They’re used to verify that the person who is currently using the card is authorised to do so. …