In message , at 08:15:09 on Mon, 17 Dec
2012, Roland Perry remarked:
In the mean time they seem to be over-selling the very few aspects that
have been implemented on the buses: viz it doesn't work for non-UK
cards, and it probably doesn't work for prepay cards or those
associated with an under-18 bank account.

For completeness, it's now been drawn to my attention that the buses
also don't [yet] accept Orange's "Quick Tap" NFC payment service, which
is in effect a pre-paid Barclaycard[1].

[1] Which like the plastic is branded Paypass, rather than Paywave.
--
Roland Perry