London cabbies welcome contactless payments to fight Uber
More and more of London’s black cab drivers are fighting back against Uber by offering contactless card payments. This is one of the innovations put forward by TfL to help black cab drivers in their battle against Uber in the city, which will ‘enable quicker and more convenient journeys’ for black cab users. All black cabs will be mandated to accept card payments by October next year.

Black cab drivers in London are fighting a rear guard action against the encroachment of Uber drivers on their turf by accepting card and contactless card payments.

The innovation is being put forward by the mayor and Transport for London (TfL) as part of efforts to ‘enable quicker and more convenient journeys’.