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Old March 4th 12, 06:01 PM posted to uk.railway,uk.transport.london,misc.transport.rail.americas
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Default cards, was E-ZPass, was CharlieCards v.v. Oyster (and Octopus?)

John Levine writes:

Haven't seen Amex with a proximity card yet, though will be sure to keep
an eye out.


I have one in my wallet, issued in the U.S.

My UK Amex has no chip at all, but they say that when they send me a new
card next month, it'll be chip+pin.

Amex were painfully slow introducing chip-and-pin in the UK. But have a
had a corporate amex with a chip for a while now, the lack of
chip was becoming a pain as I was unable to use pay-at-pump or automated
(railway) ticket machines, you know the sort of thing business
travellers need.

Phil