Transaction history of Paywave cards

[Peter Tomlinson]

Just arrived is this link to a good article, dated Dec 13:

http://nfctimes.com/news/london-bus-riders-can-tap-bank-cards-pay-fares-nfc-acceptance-unlikely-now

And another, dated Dec 14, this time a strange article that makes 
incorrect use of the term NFC:

http://hexus.net/business/news/enterprise/49353-entire-london-transport-network-accept-nfc-end-2013/

These links courtesy of Smartexpress, a free daily news service from 
Smartex Ltd.

Peter

On 16/12/2012 18:36, Roland Perry wrote:
> In article <50CDF7F7.5070907 at iosis.co.uk>, Peter Tomlinson 
> <pwt at iosis.co.uk> writes
>
>>> The vast majority of users have season tickets - are those storable 
>>> on  a Paywave card?
>
>> They will be stored in the back office - this is ticketless travel, 
>> which we all have to get our heads around...
>
> So when you buy a season ticket you'll have extra options like 
> "associate this with my Paywave card", as well as "load this onto my 
> ITSO", "load this onto my Oyster", and "print it on a bit of dead tree".
>
> The only extension I've seen any mention of is the "load this onto my 
> ITSO", which is apparently going to work [in London] late in 2013 at 
> the same time as the Paywave card is acceptable on all modes.
>
> Coincidence?
>
> And getting back to my original question, that I still feel I need an 
> answer to, how does a ticket inspector do his job in a regime of 
> ticketless travel?
>
>>>> There may of course be a risk of loss of loyalty to the Oyster 
>>>> brand as existing users convert to using bank cards, but no matter: 
>>>> as I indicated earlier, the aim is to facilitate the movement of 
>>>> people round London. Visitors to the country who bring full fat 
>>>> bank cards should have no problem using them on London's public 
>>>> transport
>>>
>>> Not currently, because they only accept UK-issued Paywave cards.
>> So next upgrade or three (in conjunction with MC and Visa) they will 
>> be accepting incoming cards...
>
> Speculation, or do you know this as a fact?
>