- In the UK the number of cards in issue with contactless functionality is 19.6 million, whilst th...
- American Express is committed to Contactless in the UK and is preparing its network to enable cont...
- Barclays and Barclaycard are the leading issuer of contactless credit and debit cards, with over 1...
Press Releases >>
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Lloyds TSB 23/03/11 Rather than trying to find loose change, people are increasingly paying for smaller items with their debit cards. |
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Virgin Money 27/10/10 Virgin Money is joining the contactless credit card “tap and go” revolution |
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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. |
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Barclays 26/08/10 Busker serenades London’s Soho Square but it’s contactless cards only, no cash accepted. |
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Barclays 19/07/10 Little Chef goes contactless with Barclaycard First restaurant group to fully adopt contactless. |
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Barclays 15/07/10 AMT Coffee serves quicker coffees with contactless Brand proves commitment to improving customer experience with contactless payments. |
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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. |
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Visa 05/07/10 Visa contactless cards issued expected to reach 12 million in the UK by end of 2010 Number of Visa contactless cards issued now passes 8 million mark |
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SPAR (UK) Limited 14/06/10 SPAR (UK) Limited, with 2,600 stores in the UK, is leading the way in the convenience sector with the introduction of an integrated contactless EFT payment solution it has developed with IT partner BCP (Business Computer Projects Ltd) for its SPARPoS store solution. Click here to see the release on the SPAR (UK) Limited web site |
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Barclays 26/05/10 EAT. and Subway commit to raise consumer awareness of contactless EAT. and Subway have both launched in-store marketing campaigns to highlight that customers can use contactless enabled debit and credit cards to make purchases of £15 and under. |
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Visa Europe 31/03/10 The hidden cost of ‘invisi-bills’ Brits spend an average of £2,000 in cash a year on everyday items they have forgotten to budget for according to new research by Visa Europe. Worse still, some are literally throwing money in the bin because they find it an inconvenience to carry around. |
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Barclays 09/03/10 Contactless arrives for business customers Barclays has become the first bank in Europe to launch commercial contactless debit cards to its business customers. From March, all Barclays Business customers receiving new or re-issued cards will find that they come with contactless technology as standard. This enables them to pay for low value transactions by holding the card over a reader, without the need to enter a PIN or insert the card into a terminal. |
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Barclays 02/03/10 The maximum limit for contactless card transactions in the UK has increased from £10 to £15, making paying for small transactions by debit or credit card even easier for millions of customers. |
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Barclaycard 12/01/10 New blockbuster Barclaycard advert revealed online 22 January Shows innovative and liberating world where customers’ lives are made easier Barclaycard is to reveal the much anticipated sequel to its famous waterslide commercial online on 22 January followed by its first airing on ITV1 on 24 January during Dancing On Ice. |
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Orange and Barclaycard 07/01/10 Orange and Barclaycard Deliver Next Step In Their Partnership With Contactless Co-Branded Credit Card This move is the next step in the partnership between Orange and Barclaycard to deliver contactless mobile payments |
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Barclays and Barclaycard 10/12/09 Five million contactless cards now issued in UK by Barclays and Barclaycard 380 Caffe Nero stores now accept contactless payment Pret A Manger has rolled out contactless payment across all 199 outlets |
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Barclaycard 30/10/09
Barclaycard announces 100 EAT stores across the
Click here to see the Barclaycard press release (PDF: 1 page - 19.18KB) |
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RBS WorldPay 26/10/09 Liverpool retailers and buses launch contactless payments. |
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Barclaycard 04/06/09 Barclaycard contactless payment revolution continues. Gold and Classic cards now contactless enabled. |
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MasterCard 12/05/09 MasterCard & RBS WorldPay Introduce Contactless Payments to Boots UK. UK’s Leading Health and Beauty Retailer to Trial MasterCard PayPass. Click here to see the full press release on the MasterCard web site. |
