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Barclaycard also recently announced London take-out salad bar, Chop'd as the first retail partner to sign up
for its in-store contactless payment system. The agreement will see the retailer adopt the new technology
this autumn in all three of its central London outlets with the intention to roll out additional contactless terminals
in further outlets due to open later this year. Barclaycard is aiming to sign up hundreds of other retailers,
including newsagents, coffee shops and cafes, who will install card readers at their tills. They are also in
talks with the manufacturers of vending machines to allow people to swipe their cards to pay for drinks,
sweets, or car park charges. A debit card version is also being planned. Other credit card providers also plan
to launch contactless payment facilities, with the Royal Bank of Scotland and American Express announcing
their own versions. The industry predicts that 5 million contactless cards will be issued by the end of 2008
and these will be accepted in over 100,000 retail outlets.
Hundreds of Barclaycard employees have been testing the system at its Canary Wharf headquarters for the
past four months. This trial follows the announcement last December of the deal between Barclaycard and
TranSys, the consortium which runs Oyster card in partnership with TfL, to combine Oyster and Barclaycard
on one piece of plastic. John Stout, Chief Executive of TranSys, said: "Like the Oyster card itself, the
key to the success of this initiative is its simplicity. Barclaycard came to us with an idea which could be dovetailed
seamlessly with Oyster's existing functionality to deliver added value for Barclaycard customers, without
disrupting a service which has become part of London life for millions of people." The scheme has the
backing of the Mayor of London. "This new deal will mean that from next year people can buy low-cost
items and take advantage of Oyster fares on the same card, reducing the need to carry cash," said Ken Livingstone.
Cameron Olsen of Smart Technology Solutions gave his view of this new launch; "The launch of the Oyster
credit card by Barclaycard is an opportunity to get consumers used to using one card with three separate
but related features - credit card, small payments and travel card. When buying things like newspapers or
sandwiches during a lunch hour, contactless cards offer consumers a great deal of convenience for these low
value but high volume transactions. The contactless trials show the potential of extending the EMV technology
to run other new applications, such as loyalty schemes, card consolidation, two-factor authentication,
post-card issuance management and e-gift cards, the card industry will maximise their EMV offerings and
increase their revenue in the long-term. The announcement by Barclaycard is a forerunner of how contactless
cards will soon be launched in the UK, following the current practice in the US. The trial in London is
consistent with the mind set of a high density of consumers who are already used to the contactless Oyster
card."
Elizabeth Chambers concluded: "We believe Barclaycard OnePulse is the future of payments in London and
hope as many Londoners as possible enjoy the benefits when it is rolled out in the autumn".
Events Diary
Lead Story
August 2007
21 - 22 Technology in Government & the Public Sector Exhibition - Canberra, Australia
September 2007
19 - 20 Training on Biometrics - Smart University - Sophia Antipolis, French Riviera -
www.e-smart.eu
19 - 21 e-Smart 2007 - Sophia Antipolis, French Riviera - www.e-smart.eu
19 - 21 World e-ID - Sophia Antipolis, French Riviera - www.worlde-id.eu
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