Why Bancontact?
Small amounts
Paying small amounts very easily? With Bancontact it is simple and fast.
No hassle with cash anymore: you can pay every possible amount, even the smallest, with the Bancontact card.
Contactless
You want it even easier and faster? Pay contactless in one smooth movement. Just hold your card near the contactless symbol on the terminal and ... it’s paid!
Online
Shop at any given time of the day from your couch and pay fast and secure with the Bancontact card. It’s possible in increasingly more web shops every day.
Wearables
It's time to pay in a fashionable way. Pay contactless with Bancontact via a smart ring, watch, bracelet or keychain.
News
Digital payments in the spotlight
Today is 'Digital Payment Day', a day on which digital payments are put in the spotlight. This year again, Bancontact Payconiq Company supports this day, because the importance of digital payments is more relevant than ever. Together with some payment players and the VUB, we conducted a study on the digital payment behaviour of Belgians.
Bancontact Payconiq Company’s existing payment solutions respond to stricter European payment directive
As from January 2021, online payments within the European Economic Area must comply with a new set of rules under the second Payment Services Directive (PSD2).
2020, a record year for electronic payments
How did we pay for things in 2020? Bancontact Payconiq Company's annual figures show it was contactless and mobile on a massive scale. Online we already use our smartphones to pay for 68% of transactions. And 42% of all payments with the Bancontact card are now contactless.
