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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 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 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 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]
Pret A Manger eats up contactless payments
News Credit card issuer Barclaycard and takeaway food chain Pret A Manger have announced the rollout of contactless payment systems at 178 stores.silicon.com Retail & Leisure According to Barclaycard,... [27 Nov 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]
Improving Consumers' Contactless Payment Experience
White Paper Contactless cards are a key technology for improving the consumer experience for retail transactions. The sensitivity of the contactless card is a more important metric than the computational speed, but... [28 Mar 2008]
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... [15 Sep 2005]
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]
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. Around 200,000 consumers are expected to use the contactless cards in the first few... [04 May 2007]
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]
RFID Tags and Contactless Smart Card Technology: Comparing and Contrasting Applications and Capabilities
White Paper As a general definition, radio frequency identification (RFID) tag technology is used in applications that identify or track objects and contactless smart card technology is used in applications that identify people or... [23 Aug 2005]
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]
