Contactless bankcards capture public imagination

With public transport beginning to move into a consumer rather than engineering-led era, choices of payment technology will ultimately be made by passenger preference. This points towards EMV contactless bankcards gaining a major share of the market, despite government policy leaning firmly towards ITSO smartcards at present. As well as offering a more convenient PAYG (Pay As You Go) facility than smartcards and itemised public transport bills, a standard is being developed for smart tickets to...