contactless payment
'Tap and go' plastic arrives in London
News MasterCard has launched its contactless payment tech in the UK. In a similar vein to London Underground's Oyster Card, contactless cards transmit payment details wirelessly between the PayPass card and a retailer's terminal. [04 Sep 2007]
March away from cheques continues apace
News The system uses NFC (near field communications), the same kind of contactless payment technology employed by TfL's Oyster card. Transport for London (TfL) has joined an increasingly long list of UK organisations no longer accepting cheques as a... [22 Jun 2007]
Would you credit it? The debit card turns 20
News The next stage in the debit card's development is the introduction of prepaid cards and contactless payments - further reducing the need for carrying cash. Customers will see the rollout of contactless payments from the beginning of next year. [01 Jun 2007]
Visa to kick off contactless cards this autumn
News After introducing the Oyster card-style contactless payment tech into its plastic Barclays has been working on a contactless system for the UK's taxis. Visa is to launch contactless 'wave and pay' cards this autumn to replace low-value cash... [04 May 2007]
Retailers fear contactless payments
News Retailers are increasingly worried that the forthcoming launch of contactless payment cards in the UK could leave them significantly out of pocket as the cost of accepting payments this way could be potentially much more expensive than cash. [24 Apr 2007]
Visa primes dotMobi for contactless m-payments
News Under the deal, Visa will help dotMobi develop a number of mobile payment capabilities, including contactless mobile payment, vouchers and direct marketing. Visa International has invested a seven-figure sum in dotMobi, the industry group behind... [29 Mar 2007]
Leader: Why cash will be weighing us down for years
Leader And now rather than hand over some cash or write a cheque it is possible to make a purchase by tapping a teller's till with your wallet or mobile phone using contactless and near field communications (NFC) payments. [12 Mar 2007]
Death of cash? Not yet, say retailers...
News Visa launched a mobile platform that it said will "lay the foundation" for the commercial deployment of contactless mobile payments and near-field communications (NFC) services around the world last month. [12 Mar 2007]
Amnesty liberates donations
News Mobile payments platforms are becoming more popular, with Visa unveiling a platform last month which it says will "lay the foundation" for the commercial deployment of contactless mobile payments and near-field communication services around the... [27 Feb 2007]
Visa launches mobile payments platform
News Until now, Asia has adopted NFC more readily than other parts of the world, with operator NTT DoCoMo launching contactless payment phones in Japan in 2005. Visa has launched a mobile platform that it says will "lay the foundation" for commercial... [10 Jan 2007]
Re:Viewing 2006: The year in retail and leisure
News Contactless payments. As well as the obvious privacy concerns, experts have questioned how secure the passports are - and some claim to have cracked and cloned them already.was also the year contactless payments took centre stage. [18 Dec 2006]
Contactless Commerce Enables a World Beyond Payment Cards
White Paper More than 10 million new payment cards issued in the U.S.in 2005 support contactless transactions, and the number of cards keeps growing. As contactless commerce gains acceptance, card issuers seek to extend the technology to alternate form factors... [13 Dec 2006]
Visa to launch 'wave and pay' cards in UK
News Visa is planning on using RFID-enabled dual-use debit cards, based on its own Visa Contactless payment technology, but is also understood to be in talks with mobile manufacturers to use near field communications (NFC) technology that will enable a... [24 Nov 2006]
Bank extends contactless payment project
News The Royal Bank of Scotland is extending its trial of contactless payments technologies. In the meantime, we've extended the RBS internal trial to one of our key London locations, which provides a further opportunity for us to gain feedback on... [09 Nov 2006]
Blinkered thinking holding back mobile NFC
News Operators, the analyst said, have yet to come up with new services to tap the extra functionality provided by NFC and are focusing too heavily on the contactless payment element of the device. Analyst house ABI Research has reduced its shipment... [12 Sep 2006]
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