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Are contactless cards as safe as chip cards?

Today’s contactless cards with chip technology use a secure microprocessor that generates a unique cryptographic code that changes for every transaction, just like chip cards. The contactless technology cannot be read much more than 2 inches away, so it’s unlikely card information can be unknowingly captured from your card when using the contactless terminal. Just make sure you have only one contactless card near the terminal.