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mark · August 11th 15, 11:09 PM posted to uk.transport.london

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In article ,
(Tim Roll-Pickering) wrote:

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Ironically my bank recently had to replace my bank card and the new one
isn't contactless and I wasn't given a choice about that.

No explanation? My recent cards have all been contactless where they
weren't before.

One bank that isn't so keen these days is HSBC who require a minimum
monthly pay in to an account before they'll issue one. It's a pain if
your income is low or on a different frequency or if it goes into a
different account from the regular payments account. That could be a
big obstacle if others are trying to make contactless essential.

My HSBC card was issued in 2013 so unsurprisingly isn't contactless. I won't
get a new one till June next year. So I'll have to wait till then to find
out. It's my backup credit card so gets little use.

I got a Barclays bPay Band last year, and have recently got the updated
one. It's a PAYG contactless card (well, not 'card' so much - the new ones
are the size of a SIM card. I've got it on a key ring). Anyone can get one
(you don't need a Barclays account), and you can add funds as-and-when you
want - or connect it to any bank account you like for auto top-ups. Very
handy as as I don't have a contactless card with my NatWest Basic account.

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Cheers ... Mark