Tap to tip: buskers start offering card payments

The Guardian:

London is to introduce a contactless payment scheme for buskers in what organisers say is a world first.

The project will allow street musicians across London to accept payments via cash, contactless cards, wearable technology and chip and pin.

Launching the scheme, London’s mayor, Sadiq Khan, said it would allow more Londoners to support the capital’s street performers.

My hometown of Halifax has a yearly “International Busker Festival” so I’m very used to seeing and enjoying buskers. I’ve often wondered what has happened to their revenue with so few of us carrying cash nowadays. This seems like a great idea to help people who want to contribute to a busker.