News - NFC payments spread with MasterCard PayPass

[HEXUS]

17 NFC devices receive the all clear including the One X and GALAXY Nexus.

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[crossy]

One thing I'm not clear on with all this contactless payment stuff is whether different equipment is needed for different schemes. E.g. if an HTC One X is PayPass enabled, can it also be used for whatever scheme Visa end up with (for example). Similarly, is my local Greggs/MacyD's/etc going to need a machine for PayPass, one for Barclaycard, one for AmEx, etc?

As the article says though - it's good to see someone striving for a standard. Let's hope that Visa etc do similar.

Apologies if any of the above is naively daft ... figured if I didn't ask, I wasn't going to learn.

[Scribe]

One thing I'm not clear on with all this contactless payment stuff is whether different equipment is needed for different schemes. E.g. if an HTC One X is PayPass enabled, can it also be used for whatever scheme Visa end up with (for example). Similarly, is my local Greggs/MacyD's/etc going to need a machine for PayPass, one for Barclaycard, one for AmEx, etc?

As the article says though - it's good to see someone striving for a standard. Let's hope that Visa etc do similar.

Apologies if any of the above is naively daft ... figured if I didn't ask, I wasn't going to learn.

I suspect it may be a bit of both, some services will work across the same device whilst others may require a slightly different hardware standard. No doubt services supporting the most devices will ultimately come out on top (or that don't charge stupid fees!).

[HSK]

Its seems like orange phones are the only ones able top use it right now...unless there an app to setup on all of the "ok'd" nfc phones

[crossy]

I just tried the PayPass website (www.paypass.com not surprisingly) and all I got were doc-not-found errors, despite a google search showing that content should be there. www.mastercard.co.uk/paypass.html worked though.

Even discovered a few places around me that claim to take it (according to Mastercard) although most seem to be off-licenses, Subway's or Barnardo's. The last one of which is interesting, to say the least.