Contactless Limit

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How can i increase contactless limit its showing 100 and its over

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You cannot increase it. This is set by Monzo, not by the user.

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so we cant use more than 100 pound a month through contactless that what you mean

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Edit: I stand corrected :smiley:

It is up to £100 per transaction.

After an unspecified amount of contactless transactions, it may ask for a chip and pin confirmation. Then contactless works again.
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You can reset the limit by using your card as chip and pin. It won’t reset each month.

Using your card on Apple or Google pay is a way to avoid payment limits

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You’ll get a notification saying “please use chip and pin” when you hit the limit. Then it resets

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Isn’t the limit £45 for a transaction?

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I thought so. I didn’t think the £100 had been agreed yet.

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An alternative is to use Google or Apple Pay. The contactless limit is much much higher and I personally haven’t hit it yet so not sure if there is a limit? The most I’ve tried is nearly £400.

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So, to summarise, the £100 limit is a total for contactless use between chip & pin transactions. The only way to reset it is to use the card with the PIN somewhere (cash machine or shop).

Using Apple or Google pay uses a different system of authorisation so doesn’t need a PIN and isn’t subject to the limit.

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If you’ve hit your limit and try to pay with contactless you’ll get a notification that your transaction has declined and it instructs you to pay with chip and PIN.

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I thought so too, so it’s not £100 per transaction it’s £100 of contactless payments and then a chip and pin one?

Does anyone know what other banks do in this regard?

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Lloyds bank kept a £45 contactless limit so far

Lloyds contactless limit Jun 2021

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Revolut allow you to reset the contactless limit from within the app.
As far as I know, they are the only ones who offer this feature.

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That’s still at the retailers discretion and this isn’t the same limit that the OP is talking about.

The £100 limit imposed by Monzo is the total amount across all contactless transactions before you’re required to enter your PIN.

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Just link your card with either Google or Apple Pay and the previous questions can be filed in B1N ! :green_apple:

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As discussed before, that’s probably because many don’t believe it complies with the spirit of the rules, if not the letter.

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Is that because Revoult don’t have a banking licence so they can (in a way) bend/make their own rules and shift the liability to the customer?

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That’s a thought I hadn’t had.

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Yes, I get what you say :grin:

Starling is similar. Still, it says it may ask for “chip & pin” every so often.

I used my Starling debit card in Lidl (3 time in a row, because I sort my shopping in categories, eg home, pet food & groceries) and on 3rd time it asked me to enter PIN :smirk: