Annoyed by tap-to-pay? Try shaking your credit card.

Try shaking your credit card. Researchers pinpointed nine gestures that may make the technology actually touchless. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. One of the major selling points of supposedly "touchless" payment methods like Apple Pay and modern bank cards has been the promise of less physical contact with potentially germ-covered surfaces. That's sometimes true, but often the initial "tap" for a latte is followed by a prompt to select a tip amount on a shared screen.