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Photos: Shopping just got high-tech
Photo Contactless payments are gradually becoming a reality, mainly through plastic cards. It is an approved MasterCard PayPass device and can be used with a wave-and-pay terminal to make purchases. The SmartTransaction watch has a port for a SIM-sized... [27 Jun 2008]
O2 Tube trial takes mobile payments underground
News Visa has already launched a contactless payment system known as payWave which is available in some areas of London and enables customers to wave a credit or debit card in front of a reader to pay for low value goods without needing to enter a PIN. [28 Nov 2007]
Manchester City FC trials mobile tickets
News This is an essential milestone in the use of mobile phones as payment devices, as it paves the way for making mobile phone contactless payments device-independent. Manchester City Football Club has launched a trial with Orange to allow fans to use... [22 Oct 2007]
Visa to kick off contactless cards this autumn
News Visa is to launch contactless 'wave and pay' cards this autumn to replace low-value cash transactions across the UK. After introducing the Oyster card-style contactless payment tech into its plastic Barclays has been working on a contactless system... [04 May 2007]
RE:Viewing 2006: The year in financial services
News Another big compliance deadline came and went in July, when non-US companies listed on US exchanges had to meet regulations of one of the most talked-about elements of the infamous Sarbanes-Oxley Act, first introduced in 2002.saw the 40th... [19 Dec 2006]
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]
Visa to launch 'wave and pay' cards in UK
News Visa is planning to introduce contactless 'wave and pay' debit cards to replace low-value cash transactions across the UK by the end of next year. Visa is planning on using RFID-enabled dual-use debit cards, based on its own Visa Contactless... [24 Nov 2006]
Oyster and Octopus - a tale of two cities' contactless cards
Comment So while it's taking time for TfL to achieve a contactless payment standard and a ubiquitous ticket for Londoners, the likes of MasterCard and Visa have had enough time to realise contactless payments are a huge opportunity. [28 Jun 2006]
RBS trials contactless RFID-style debit cards
News The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and MasterCard are to trial an RFID-based contactless debit card to replace cash for low-value payments. An aerial in the card transmits the data to a reader at the retail store and RBS staff taking part in the... [15 Jun 2006]
Nokia and Visa team up for credit cards
News Currently just one Nokia model is available with the Visa Wave service - the 3220 - which is equipped with contactless technology using an NFC 'shell'. He said: "Europe is a bit behind in contactless. [28 Apr 2006]
Fraud drives banks' smart card push
News The analyst said banks are rapidly adopting contactless payment cards, such as MasterCard's PayPass and Visa's Visa Wave. Successful smart card projects in other industries, such as contactless payments at toll booths, have convinced banks to... [18 Oct 2005]
Motorola and Mastercard in "credit card" phone trial
News NFC is used in "contactless" credit card readers, which are replacing traditional readers that require cards to be swiped, or gobbled up and spat out. Instead of having to reach for a wallet or purse, the thinking goes, consumers could wave the... [13 Oct 2004]
Is the world ready for 'wave and go' credit card payments?
News 'Contactless' technology being trialled by MasterCard promises to make credit card transactions as simple as waving the card in the air and the company appears ready to roll out the service across the US next year. [22 Dec 2003]
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