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Open source guru criticises Oyster software
News In an email sent to silicon.com sister site ZDNet.co.uk on Monday, Stallman criticised the use of open-source software, such as Red Hat Linux, JBoss middleware and Apache web-server software, in the online payment system for the Oyster contactless... [10 Jun 2008]
Photos: Accenture waves goodbye to the wallet
Photo The technology works by putting an NFC reader and transmitter into a phone that can be linked to a bank, loyalty card system or travel account such as Oyster cards. And pilots of non-phone NFC payment systems have already been launched in Europe... [31 Jan 2008]
Top 10 financial services stories of the year
News He cited the London Transport Oyster card as a way that paying for things with cash will increasingly be charged at a premium. Gartner's forebodings for cash were made real with a number of commitments from credit card companies to introduce small... [17 Dec 2007]
O2 Tube trial takes mobile payments underground
News Barclaycard has launched a contactless credit card called OnePulse that also has Oyster card functionality built in. O2's partners for the trial include AEG, Barclaycard, Nokia, Transport for London, TranSys - the consortium that runs the Oyster... [28 Nov 2007]
TfL and Nokia to roll out 'Oyster phone' trial
News Visa even has a payWave credit card that features the capability to make small, contactless payments in shops, as well as functioning as an Oyster card. The report in The Guardian claims a specific handset is being developed which can be swiped... [26 Nov 2007]
Dear silicon.com... cashless concerns, battle of the OSes, iPhone fans...
Comment The problem with citing the oyster card is that it is a niche payments system, in that it just covers London. I live close to London that I could travel in regularly, however I do not travel in often because I am penalised for not having an oyster... [15 Nov 2007]
'Tap and go' plastic arrives in London
News 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. The MasterCard PayPass and Maestro PayPass contactless cards allow consumers to buy... [04 Sep 2007]
Visa to kick off contactless cards this autumn
News September will see the commercial rollout of the new Barclaycard Visa credit card, developed with Transport for London and Transys and featuring contactless payWave technology combined on the same card with the Oyster transit function. [04 May 2007]
Barclays targets taxis with wave-and-pay tech
News The pair have developed a showcase cab as part of Barclays' ongoing trial to add Visa 'wave and pay' and Oyster capability onto credit cards and debit cards. Barclays and Computer Cab have teamed up to develop a near field communication payments... [27 Apr 2007]
Retailers fear contactless payments
News Transport for London's pre-pay Oyster Card has certainly proven the model for contactless payments with the widespread take-up of the cards in the capital. The idea is that newly issued debit and credit cards will be fitted with a second chip that... [24 Apr 2007]
RE:Viewing 2006: The year in financial services
News Financial services organisations also got in on the hubbub surrounding contactless payments with Barclaycard, TfL and Visa reviving the idea of creating an Oyster card for the London Tube that would also allow commuters to purchase low-cost items... [19 Dec 2006]
Re:Viewing 2006: The year in retail and leisure
News Allowing commuters to buy items with their Oyster cards, as they can in Hong Kong with the Octopus card, hit a snag but now live trials are planned with a view to rolling out the 'wave and pay' cards across the capital from 2007. [18 Dec 2006]
Oyster and e-money credit cards coming to London
News Barclays customers will soon be able to use their cards in the normal chip and PIN manner; as an Oyster by placing the card on the TfL readers; or to make contactless payments at retailers around London. [13 Dec 2006]
Plastic fantastic - the future of credit cards
News But with contactless payment projects from the likes of MasterCard and Visa, and Transport for London - which uses the Oyster smartcard ticketing system - looking to move into contactless payments, could it spell the end for the credit card? [04 Jul 2006]
Photos: Hong Kong's Octopus card
Photo The Octopus card was first introduced in 1997 as a public transport smartcard, much the same as London's Oyster card is now, but shareholders quickly recognised the potential to extend its use. The card works in a similar way to London's Oyster card. [29 Jun 2006]
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