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  November 27th 2008

  News Contactless payment hits coffee shops

  While for many, the idea of contactless payment is still as mystifying as the three seashells - watch the vastly underrated Demolition Man, if you are confused by that last sentence - Barclays has rolled out its new payment scheme across all 178 stores of Prêt A Manger.

  Related categories : World-of-tech

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  September 3rd 2008

  News Barclays' bid for a world with less contact

  Barclays is to step up its 'contactless' card scheme by issuing a million of them in the UK by the end of 2008. Since launching the first OnePulse cards in September 2007, the bank has built up 6,000 'live terminals' that accept the card for sales under £10 without needing a PIN number or signature.

  Related categories : World-of-tech , Portable-devices

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  August 11th 2008

  News Oyster card safe (for now...)

  The future of London's Oyster card looked in doubt on Friday. This followed news that Transport For London had ended its long-standing contract with the Transys consortium - the folks that supply the Oyster ticketing system. But TFL tells TechRadar that the Oyster card brand will not be dropped.

  Related categories : World-of-tech

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  April 30th 2008

  News The next big thing for your mobile phone

  Handy pieces of plastic, like the Oyster Card, with a RFID chip onboard, are clearly a part of life for many people. But the same RFID technology has a far greater reach in Japan, where it has taken the next step and migrated to mobile phones as well

  Related categories : Mobile-phones

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  March 13th 2008

  News Is your Oyster card safe from hackers?

  While 'touching in' and 'touching out' with an Oyster card has undoubtedly made getting around London's public transport system a whole lot easier, there are fears the security of the RFID chips used in the cards could be compromised

  Related categories : World-of-tech , Future-tech

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  November 26th 2007

  News E-cash mobile phone trials start in 2008

  Only a few months after we brought you the news of Barclayard's OnePulse combined credit and Oyster card, we have the first signs of the inevitable move to mobile phones becoming electronic cash.

  Related categories : Mobile-phones , Future-tech

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  August 16th 2007

  News Vista and Oyster hybrid card speeds shopping

  Londoners with a Barclaycard OnePulse credit card will soon be among the first to benefit from the ability to make contactless payments at many high street stores in the capital. More than 1,000 London shops have signed up for Barclays' cashless payment technology

  Related categories : Future-tech