Orange, Barclaycard jointly roll out contactless m-payments service in the UK

With the newly-launched service, UK customers can make purchases of GBP 15 and under in a single transaction by tapping their Quick Tap mobile handset against a contactless reader at over 50,000 stores in the UK. The service is set to allow UK shoppers to load up to GBP 100 on their phones from their Orange or Barclays cards.

In order to be able to use the service, UK customers have to be holders of a Barclaycard, Barclays debit card or Orange credit card, as well as a Samsung Tocco Lite device, with other handsets from other manufacturers to follow as part of future developments. By using Barclaycard’s contactless payment technology, customers are expected to be able to pay for items in places they see the contactless payments symbol, including shops and cafes such as Pret A Manger, EAT. and Subway.

MasterCard is set to provide the payment capability for the contactless mobile transactions of the new mobile payment service. Gemalto provides Barclays with Trusted Service Management (TSM) operated services which enable the secure deployment and management of mobile contactless payment. Gemalto’s NFC services also include the UICC Cards supplied to Orange.

In recent news , Barclaycard has jointly developed with the operator of the UKs M6 toll road the installment of contactless payments readers at booths, in a bid to enable drivers to tap and pay for their journeys.