On Thu, 15 May 2008 09:39:01 +0100, Roland Perry
wrote:

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.

Subway sandwich shops and the newsagent's in St Katharine's Dock have
them. I doubt they'll be used very much when most shops seem to
charge the same surcharge as Chip and PIN, though, and I consider them
a big security risk compared with "electronic wallet" schemes.

I think there is space for a German "Geldkarte" style scheme but with
contactless cards, but only of the pre-charged variety and probably
tied to debit rather than credit cards.

Neil

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