Contactless cards may have a future in small payments of less than $5.

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Consumers express a willingness to use contactless credit or debit cards for cash purchases of less than $5--for coffee, fast food, transit fares or convenience store purchases--according to a new study from Synergistics Research Corp., Atlanta.

Respondents were asked how likely they would be to use contactless payment methods instead of cash for small purchases of less than $5. One in six would be "very" likely to do so; overall, almost half...