Industry Roll Out Update
To date, the following organisations have issued Contactless cards:
• Barclays (Barclays Bank and Barclaycard)
• Citigroup (Egg)
• HSBC
• Lloyds Banking Group (Halifax)
• MBNA
• Newcastle Building Society
• The Royal Bank of Scotland Group (NatWest and RBS)
Industry Statements
Shown below, a number of organisations have chosen to provide a specific statement describing their achievements, plans and aspirations for contactless rollout in the UK.
Barclays 16/04/10
Barclaycard and Barclays are fully committed to the roll out of contactless technology having launched the UK’s first contactless card, Barclaycard OnePulse, in September 2007, which was also the same month in which we enabled the first retailer to accept a contactless payment. By April 2010 there were over six million contactless Barclays debit and credit cards in issue with the majority of all cards issued as contactless as standard, and we expect all Barclays debit cards in circulation to be contactless by 2012. As well as issuing cards we have enabled tens of thousands of retail outlets to accept contactless as a method of payment.
The Royal Bank of Scotland Group 14/04/10
RBS has invested significant monies in preparing its card acquiring and issuing platforms for the national rollout of Contactless payment cards. We continue to invest in our systems and products to handle the anticipated significant increase in transaction volumes resulting from the Contactless rollout.
Whilst we are not prepared to discuss the detail of our issuing plans at this time, it is intended that Contactless capability will be provided as standard functionality on debit cards and some credit cards for many of our customers.
HSBC 30/03/10
HSBC Bank Plc is currently reviewing the market for opportunities in the Contactless arena. Our customers will continue to be able to apply for HSBC Bank and HSBC Premier Credit Cards, if they call in.
Citigroup / Egg 25/02/10
Citi have already issued Contactless cards; and are engaged with the industry on developments in the Contactless environment.
Co-operative Bank 25/02/10
The Co-operative Bank sees Contactless as a key service, providing speed and convenience and benefits to all participants in the payments environment. The Co-operative Bank is investigating potential opportunities for Contactless with a view to a trial issuance of cards in Q4 2010.
MBNA 09/02/10
We are always seeking to provide quicker, easier services for our customers and, as a business, MBNA remains committed to the successful rollout of contactless technology. The aim is to start having contactless enabled cards across all of our brands by the end of the year.
Lloyds Banking Group 08/02/10
We remain committed to the current contactless initiatives and have successfully issued 650k Halifax and BOS branded contactless cards in 2009 and are currently formulating our plans for further issuance on the LTSB brand.
Nationwide Building Society 08/02/10
Nationwide is interested in issuing contactless cards and is currently reviewing its product proposition and the internal requirements to issue contactless cards.
Capital One 18/09/09
Capital One believes that the rollout of a successful Contactless programme will bring long-term benefits to issuers, merchants and customers. Capital One has commenced a project to evaluate how we can successfully issue Contactless enabled cards with a view to potentially rolling out in 2010.
American Express 01/05/09
American Express believes that contactless payments will have broad benefits for merchants, issuers and their customers. American Express is actively exploring contactless opportunities and is finalizing plans for a UK roll-out of contactless enabled cards.