Barclays contactless debit cards

book12

Barclays is going to add the contactless function to their debit cards from March onwards. http://www.personal.barclays.co.uk/BRC1/jsp/brccontrol?site=pfs&task=homefreegroup&value=15597

Connect cards without cheque guarentee function are excluded.

shoe_girl_2

I like the sound of this......are connect cards the same as normal debit cards? (trying to look on there website, but internets playing up :mad:)

rb10

Halifax did a trial of this in London - http://www.hbosplc.com/media/pressreleases/articles/halifax/2007-11-11-Halifaxiss.asp?section=halifax

book12

shoe_girl wrote: »

I like the sound of this......are connect cards the same as normal debit cards? (trying to look on there website, but internets playing up :mad:)

Think so. It's a VISA debit card in the end.

rb10 wrote: »

Halifax did a trial of this in London - http://www.hbosplc.com/media/pressreleases/articles/halifax/2007-11-11-Halifaxiss.asp?section=halifax

Did it do a full roll out after the trial?

Extant

rb10 wrote: »

Halifax did a trial of this in London - http://www.hbosplc.com/media/pressreleases/articles/halifax/2007-11-11-Halifaxiss.asp?section=halifax

It's been out in London for a long time. BarclayCard debuted a joint contactless debit/Oyster train card.

Extant

shoe_girl wrote: »

I like the sound of this......are connect cards the same as normal debit cards? (trying to look on there website, but internets playing up :mad:)

Barclays were the first company to market in the UK with a debit card, which was called a "Connect Card." This was then renamed to Delta, and then on to "Visa Debit" which is where we are now.

We kept the original name, however, as a trademark of the business.

PROLIANT

This pay-Wave technology is awesome, I can't wait for Halifax to issue me with one, and can you imagine the benefits?
Getting on a bus and not having beg the driver to change a tenner anymore, rolling out the Nightclub after a good session straight in to a taxi and just wave the Visa at a RFID point, this is progression.
Exiting times ahead.

Inactive

Swiftly followed by some scam artists walking closely past card carriers helping themselves to funds.:rolleyes:

Extant

Inactive wrote: »

Swiftly followed by some scam artists walking closely past card carriers helping themselves to funds.:rolleyes:

Except for the following:

• The payWave readers require the card to be placed within 5cm to pay. So unless you place your card in your top front pocket and let some scam artist press up very close to you, you have nothing to worry about. I mean, you might do that, but I never had you down for being that friendly to random strangers.
• The card will have a maximum pay limit, such as £10.
• 10% of transactions will require verification by PIN as well.
• Every transaction requires a unique identifier, meaning that you must have a merchant account with the facility to accept payWave transactions in order to use this technology: the information could not be "converted" to use in an ATM on a card blank, for example.
• Although card issuers are not required to do so, both Halifax and Barclays in their payWave trials enforced limits as the daily number of transactions that could be undertaken before reverification took place.
• This system allows easy analysis of spending habits - bank software will pick up on foreign transactions in proximity to UK transactions, adding another layer of safety against traditional attacks.
• The card never leaves your hand, reducing risk of card cloning.

This is a fantastic idea with very little risk and I can't wait to get mine. Although I work in London, I don't have a London residential address, so I'd never be included in the trial.

Still, not long now, and we're one step closer to the future: no sodding cash and horrible coins.

Inactive

Yeah, like " Chip & pin " was going to be secure .. :rotfl:

ATM's were going to be bullet proof... :rotfl:

Cheque Paying in Machines were going to be 100% secure.. :rotfl:

:rolleyes:

DCFC79

Inactive wrote: »

Yeah, like " Chip & pin " was going to be secure .. :rotfl:

chip and pin is secure isnt it