Tiptap brings contactless payments to street performers

New app could revolutionise donating, says creator, as cash retreats from the high street

A busker under a bridge near the Thames River
(Image credit: Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

A new contactless payment device that will allow passers-by to give street performers and buskers money could revolutionise donating when it launches next month.

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