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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. The MasterCard-led initiative has been trialled elsewhere around the world but the RBS pilot, which is due to... [15 Jun 2006]
One million HSBC customers getting contactless cards
News The US arm of international bank HSBC is giving contactless debit cards to one million customers before the end of the year. In a similar way to London Underground's Oyster Card, contactless cards transmit payment details wirelessly between the... [15 Sep 2005]
'Tap and go' plastic arrives in London
News The MasterCard PayPass and Maestro PayPass contactless cards allow consumers to buy items costing less than £10 by simply waving their debit or credit card in front of a reader. MasterCard has launched its contactless payment tech in the UK. [04 Sep 2007]
Retailers fear contactless payments
News MasterCard and Visa's contactless cards are set to launch in October - initially in the City of London and Canary Wharf. And it is on the back of this success that card payment market leaders MasterCard and Visa are soon to launch similar... [24 Apr 2007]
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]
RFID credit card 'not a skimming risk'
News He said: "If you've got multiple cards in your wallet, or even worse multiple technologies, then when you put it up to the reader, the reader can actually support many different types of contactless payments. [03 Jul 2006]
New York Subway gets wireless payment cards
News TJ Sharkey, vice president of business development for MasterCard, said in a statement: "The goal of this trial is to evaluate the speed and convenience that contactless payments can provide to New York's busy commuters. [31 Jan 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. So while it's taking time for TfL to achieve a contactless payment standard and a... [28 Jun 2006]
Buy a burger with your mobile - the future of payments
News But there are also concerns over fraudulent use of contactless cards. The US arm of international bank HSBC is also giving one million contactless debit cards to customers before the end of the year. Contactless payments could mean fierce... [11 Oct 2005]
Turkey rolls out contactless payments
News Burger King and Starbucks will be the first retailers to accept contactless payments in Turkey as 25,000 people receive 'Tap & Go' cards. Visa is to trial contactless debit cards in London this autumn that will allow shoppers to pay for low-value... [21 Jul 2006]
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]
Credit card signatures: Blink and you'll miss them
News JP MorganChase, the US's second biggest bank, has done away with signatures for its latest range of credit cards - preferring instead to go for a 'contactless' RFID system. The cards will be accepted wherever contactless payments can be taken. [20 May 2005]
Visa to trial 'tap and go' debit cards in London
News MasterCard and the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) have already announced their own plans to trial contactless debit cards for 1,000 of the high-street bank's staff at the retail outlets at RBS' Edinburgh campus HQ. [26 Jun 2006]
Cheat Sheet: Contactless payments
Cheat Sheet The US arm of HSBC is distributing one million of MasterCard's PayPass contactless cards to its customers, who can now use them in McDonalds, 7-Eleven stores, motorway toll booths and cinemas. Contactless payments (CP) - what's that, then? [11 Oct 2005]
Visa to launch 'wave and pay' cards in UK
News MasterCard and the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) have already announced their own plans to trial contactless debit cards for 1,000 of the high-street bank's staff at the retail outlets at RBS' Edinburgh campus HQ. [24 Nov 2006]
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