The cards will give businesses of all sizes a control to track smaller transactions which are currently made using cash.

Barclaycard Global Commercial Payments managing director Dennis Bauer said that contactless will enable businesses to track smaller transactions which are currently often made with cash. As the first corporate card issuer to offer contactless, this is another major step toward Barclaycard becoming the UK’s leading business payments provider.

"We want to give commercial cardholders the best payments experience possible and will continue to invest in cutting-edge technology to make businesses more efficient and commercial payments easier," added Bauer.

Global Commercial Payments is part of Barclaycard’s Global Business Solutions division, which serves 145,000 businesses and Government agencies in the UK alone.