On 15 May, 09:39, Roland Perry wrote:
That was part of the plan, but as I understand it the financial rules in
this country would mean that Tfl had to become a "bank" and that was too
much for them.

The official line was they couldn't find a partner (=investor), which
I took to mean the venture was considered unprofitable, which is what
will save us from MIG's future vision.

In the mean time Barclaycard have stepped into the void with their
"onepulse" combined Oyster and pay-wave card. I have yet to see any
pay-wave enabled tills, let alone vending machines, though.

The Oyster section isn't at all linked to the paywave or the Credit
Card parts. The paywave site has a pretty pathetic map of retailers:
http://www.visapaywave.co.uk/

(although one of them is a newsagents a few doors down from my flat,
so I may go have a look)

U

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