In message , at 09:35:15 on Sat, 2 Mar
2013, tim..... remarked:
MR - Mar 2013 (Bank Cards make ticketing debut)

"Levente Nagy arrived in London from Budapest. He hoped on a bus, held
his Hungarian bank card against the reader and ... No hanging around,
no purchase of an Oyster, just the simple use of his bank card to pay
the fare."

Yet Tfl's information on contactless payment says:

"If you have a credit, debit or charge card that has been *issued in
the UK* and displays the contactless payment symbol, you should be able
to use it on buses to pay for single journeys"

So is TFL's website wrong or did MF make Mr Nagy up (naughty naughty!)?

Most likely, TFL omitted to say "and if you have... issued outside the
UK, you *might* (depending on evolving agreements with foreign issuers)
be able to use it on buses...". But at this stage they don't want to get
into a debate of which and when.
--
Roland Perry