Barclays heralds new wave of wallet-waving
Tue, Mar 3rd, 2009 |
Barclays Bank is to embed contactless technology into every debit card issued from this day forward, allowing punters to pay for coffee with a wave of the wallet - providing they can find somewhere that accepts the new technology.
Barclays has had a contactless card for a while now; the OnePulse, which also has an Oyster card embedded for use on the London underground...
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