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Cheat Sheet Contactless payments (CP) - what's that, then? 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... [11 Oct 2005]
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... [14 Dec 2006]
Smart Ticketing for Mass Transit: The New Global Opportunity Created by Low-Cost, Contactless Ticketing
White Paper This paper sets out the current situation in smart ticketing, looks at progress in standardisation and outlines new technology developments that will dramatically alter the economics of deploying contactless ticketing... [16 Nov 2006]
Contactless payments speeds up coffee drinkers
News Coffee chain Coffee Republic is rolling out contactless payment technology after a trial of Barclaycard Business's OneTouch system saw up to one in five credit card transactions being waved through this way. [23 Jul 2008]
Contactless payments hamstrung by battle for hearts and minds
News The contactless payment industry needs to change the perceptions of both retailers and consumers if the technology is to take off in the UK, according to industry insiders. Despite an increasing number of payment cards... [24 Jun 2009]
Contactless Payments Privacy and Security of RFID-Enabled Credit Cards
White Paper The new contactless payment devices suffer from various vulnerabilities which the paper will discuss. RFID technology brings a new experience to credit card payments, but it also comes with new problems. [15 Apr 2009]
Contactless Smart Chip Technology: The Business Benefits
White Paper Contactless smart chip technology, a form of proven smart card technology, is used increasingly in applications that must protect personal information or deliver fast, secure transactions. Leveraging many years of smart... [14 Nov 2009]
Barclaycard going for contactless Gold
News Barclaycard is increasing the number of its cardholders that will have contactless functionality on their plastic. Barclaycard Gold and Classic cardholders on the receiving end of a new or replacement card will now be... [16 Jun 2009]
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 trial of the Oyster card-style payment system begins next week at RBS' head... [15 Jun 2006]
Scousers to go contactless on the buses
News Scousers are set to use contactless bankcards on a number of buses in Merseyside, following the announcement of a pilot of the technology by Stagecoach, MasterCard and The Royal Bank of Scotland. The Liverpool trial,... [21 Oct 2008]
The What, Who and Why of Contactless Payments
White Paper The mass market introduction of contactless technology is an important event for the payments industry. Contactless payments are already providing benefits to consumers and retailers alike, in terms of... [30 May 2007]
Barclays gives away 50,000 contactless coffees
News Barclays will be giving away 50,000 single use contactless payment cards at this weekend's Thames Festival to get consumers used to the idea of the 'wave and pay' tech. The coffee outlet will house six of the 6,000... [10 Sep 2008]
Oyster and Octopus - a tale of two cities' contactless cards
Comment In his travels for silicon.com's latest special report, about business and technology in China, Dan Ilett encountered Hong Kong's fabled contactless payments card, Octopus. RBS recently partnered with MasterCard to pilot... [28 Jun 2006]
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,... [29 Mar 2007]
Barclays contactless: More cards, more retailers
News Barclays is preparing to expand its range of 'wave and pay' cards and convince more retailers to accept contactless payments as it seeks to beat its target of getting one million contactless cards out to... [08 Sep 2008]
