Costa Coffee Ties Up With Visa PayWave To Make Your Coffee Experience Quicker

Coffee lovers, great news! Those of you visiting Costa Coffee can now experience faster, more convenient and secure checkouts by using their Visa payWave contactless cards at the outlets.

The Visa payWave enabled contactless cards ensure that your transactions are secure, as the card never leaves your hand, thereby reducing the risk of card loss and fraud. It also reduces queuing time as checkouts are faster.

How does the Visa payWave card work?

It’s really simple. Pay by waving your credit or debit card at the contactless point of sale terminals installed across all Costa Coffee outlets, across cities. For transactions upto INR 2,000, Visa payWave cardholders can use their contactless cards without having to enter the pin or sign transaction receipts. With eight banks currently issuing contactless cards, you can now enjoy a new and faster way to pay for your favourite cup of coffee!

Benefits of Visa payWave

Speaking on the tie-up, Virag Joshi, President & CEO, Devyani International Ltd said, “Costa has a tradition of bringing the best, fastest to its customers. Acceptance of contactless payments through Visa payWave cards is another step in making the Costa experience seamless and delightful for our customers. With this association, coffee lovers at Costa will not only be served quicker, but will also enjoy a more secure way to pay for their favourite Cuppa.”

T R Ramachandran, Group Country Manager, India and South Asia, Visa said, “Contactless technology will play a key role in shaping the future of the payments landscape in India, encouraging the replacement of cash making payments faster, easier, more convenient and secure. With increasing adoption among merchants and as the payments ecosystem develops, Visa will continue to deliver innovative solutions across segments and categories to drive usage in familiar environments. We are delighted to welcome Costa Coffee to the family of establishments accepting Visa payWave contactless cards.”

Visa payWave contactless cards are now accepted across all Costa Coffee stores across India. And the best part! As a special offer, all Visa payWave cardholders can enjoy a 20% discount on a minimum billing of INR 299, valid till 30th November 2016.

Wake up and smell the coffee!