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Photos: Accenture waves goodbye to the wallet
Photo And pilots of non-phone NFC payment systems have already been launched in Europe, such as Barclaycard's OnePulse scheme, which uses a single card for Barclaycard and Oyster card payments. The technology works by putting an NFC reader and... [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. Mastercard launched such a card in September. Apacs estimates five million contactless payment cards to be in circulation... [17 Dec 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. MasterCard has launched its contactless payment tech in the UK. [04 Sep 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. But until the major supermarkets - with their large numbers of convenience stores - accept... [24 Apr 2007]
Visa to launch 'wave and pay' cards in UK
News But Transport for London put on hold its own plans to add contactless payment functionality to Oyster travel cards earlier this year, citing difficulties in sorting out the commercial arrangements, despite interest from retail outlets such as Pret... [24 Nov 2006]
Bank extends contactless payment project
News PayPass works much like the Oyster card on the London Underground - users place the card on a reader in retail outlets to make payments for low-value items such as coffee or a newspaper. According to MasterCard, which provides the underlying... [09 Nov 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]
Oyster and Octopus - a tale of two cities' contactless cards
Comment The company is piloting a contactless card scheme in London to compete with MasterCard's alliance with RBS and even Transport for London's (TfL) Oyster card. But is Octopus' grip on this market firmer than Oyster's? [28 Jun 2006]
Visa to trial 'tap and go' debit cards in London
News Transport for London put its own plans to add contactless payment functionality to Oyster travel cards on hold earlier this year, citing difficulties in sorting out the commercial arrangements, despite interest from retail outlets such as Pret A... [26 Jun 2006]
RBS trials contactless RFID-style debit cards
News The trial of the Oyster card-style payment system begins next week at RBS' head office campus in Edinburgh, which contains a number of retail outlets for its 3,000 staff based there. The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and MasterCard are to trial an... [15 Jun 2006]
Cheat Sheet: NFC and contactless payments
Cheat Sheet However, even Transport for London is waking up to NFC and plans to expand the remit of the Oyster to let Londoners use the card to pay for goods and services. Think of your Oyster card and the way you swipe it over a reader to pay for your fare. [20 Apr 2006]
New York Subway gets wireless payment cards
News Selected customers will be able to pay for a train journey at the subway entrance by tapping a card on a turnstile reader, much like London's Oyster card scheme on the Tube. London's Oyster card e-money scheme is set to begin this year, which will... [31 Jan 2006]
Buy a burger with your mobile - the future of payments
News One trial set to begin before 2006 in the UK will be on Oyster card's 'e-money' scheme, which allows people to buy items such as newspapers or parking time with their travel cards. Bruno Carpreau, product manager of MasterCard's One Smart PayPass... [11 Oct 2005]
Cheat Sheet: Contactless payments
Cheat Sheet London Underground's Oyster Card uses Philips' Mifare technology and there are still other variations out there. The Taiwanese are running a similar system, while Transport for London is beginning trials for a similar service with the Oyster Card. [11 Oct 2005]
One million HSBC customers getting contactless cards
News In a similar way to London Underground's Oyster Card, contactless cards transmit payment details wirelessly between the PayPass device and a retailer's terminal. The bank is planning to reissue all customer debit cards to include MasterCard PayPass... [15 Sep 2005]
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