Means of contactless payments (5,4)

I believe the answer is:

smart card

(Other definitions for smart card that I've seen before include "piece of plastic that stores data" , "financial authorisation" , "Piece of plastic with micro-processor" , "used to carry out financial transactions" , "ID with microprocessor built in" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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