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Visa 05/02/13

Over two million RBS and NatWest customers will receive Visa contactless cards in 2013.

Click here to see the release on the Visa Europe web site

Travel for London 07/11/12

Mayor sets out major plan for transport investment while keeping fares as low as possible with rise at one per cent above inflation for 2013 (and launch of contactless payment on the transport network)

Click here to see the release on the TFL website 

MBNA 02/11/12

MBNA and Visa Europe are celebrating a special milestone reinforcing their ongoing commitment to rolling out contactless technology to UK consumers.

Click here to see the release on the MBNA website 

Barclays 23/08/12

New research from Barclaycard reveals that the contactless payment symbol is now recognised by the vast majority of Brits.

Click here to see the release on the Barclays website 

MSN Money 23/08/12

"Tap and go" contactless payments have reached more than one million transactions a month across the UK, research has found.

Click here to see the release on MSN Money web site

Travel for London 28/06/12

Contactless debit and credit cards are making life easier. You can already use them to pay for things wherever you see the contactless symbol

Click here to see the release on TfL web site

Event Magazine 26/06/12

Nearly a fifth of visitors used Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) wristbands to make cashless payments at the Isle of Wight festival at Seaclose Park from 21-24 June

Click here to see the release on Event Magazine web site

MasterCard 22/06/12

For the first time this year, Isle of Wight Festival goers will have the opportunity to experience the benefits of automatically topping up their contactless prepaid MasterCard® PayPass™ wristbands and also using them to access the event

Click here to see the release on MasterCard web site

The UK Cards Association 01/06/12

Today (Friday 1 June), upgrades begin across UK retailers and vending machines to raise the contactless card payment limit to £20 from £15.   

Click here to see the release on The UK Cards Association web site

Post Office 30/05/12

Post Office Limited is leading the way in payment technology with today’s announcement that it is to roll out contactless

Click here to see the release on the Post Office web site  

HSBC 09/05/12

HSBC will start to roll out contactless cards this month

Click here to see the release on HSBC web site  

Visa Europe 18/04/12

Asda, the UK’s second largest supermarket retailer, will this summer become the latest business in the UK to introduce contactless payments

Click here to the release on Visa Europe web site

Visa Europe 19/03/12

WHSmith, one of the UK’s largest retailers of stationery, books, newspapers, magazines and impulse products, has become the latest business in the UK to go contactless

Click here to see the release on Visa Europe web site

Lloyds TSB 23/03/11

Rather than trying to find loose change, people are increasingly paying for smaller items with their debit cards.

Click here to see the release on the Lloyds TSB web site

Virgin Money 27/10/10

Virgin Money is joining the contactless credit card “tap and go” revolution

Click here to see the release on the Virgin Money web site

Royal Bank of Scotland 25/10/10

Boots UK, the UK’s leading pharmacy-led health and beauty retailer, now accepts contactless payment transactions enabled by RBS WorldPay.

Click here to see the release on the RBS WorldPay™ web site

Barclays 26/08/10

Busker serenades London’s Soho Square but it’s contactless cards only, no cash accepted.

Click here to see the release on the Barclays web site

Barclays 19/07/10

Little Chef goes contactless with Barclaycard

First restaurant group to fully adopt contactless.

Click here to see the release on the Barclays web site

Barclays 15/07/10

AMT Coffee serves quicker coffees with contactless

Brand proves commitment to improving customer experience with contactless payments.

Click here to see the release on the Barclays web site

Barclays 14/07/10

The Co-operative becomes first major food retailer to roll out contactless technology

The Co-operative Food will become the UK’s first major grocery retailer to introduce contactless payment in its stores nationwide after joining forces with Barclaycard.

Click here to see the release on the Barclays web site

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