TfL seals Tube map sponsorship deal with MBNA December 3, 2014 When it first emerged Transport for London (TfL) was seeking a sponsor for Tube maps back in June 2013, many jokes were made about the possibilities for stations like "Oxoford Circus" and "iPaddington". But now the sponsored Tube map is here: TfL announced today MBNA, the contactless card provider, will have its logos plastered across [...]
Mastercard’s Fare Free Friday returns: Free travel on London transport on November 28 using TfL’s contactless payment November 25, 2014 After a succesful outing two weeks ago, MasterCard is bringing its Fare Free Friday back for another day. Londoners will be able to travel for free on the Tube, train, tram, bus and DLR this Friday (November 28) if they swipe their MasterCard on the transport network's contactless system instead of an OysterCard. [...]
MasterCard offers “Fare Free Friday” for London travellers as contactless journeys hit 12 million November 14, 2014 The number of journeys made on London transport using contactless payment has hit 12 million since it was first introduced on the capital’s network of tubes, trains and buses.. The new figures come as Londoners are being offered free travel by MasterCard across the capital to encourage even more people to use the technology. Contactless [...]
Mastercard “Fare Free Friday”: Free travel on London transport on 14 and 28 November using TFL’s contactless payment November 10, 2014 Londoners are being treated to travel around the city for free if they use a MasterCard on the transport network’s new contactless payment system this Friday. MasterCard holders will be able travel by tube, train, tram, bus and DLR for free by swiping their card on the new contactless system which has now been used [...]
Mastercard “Fare Free Friday”: Free travel for Londoners on 14 and 28 November using TFL’s contactless payment November 10, 2014 Londoners are being treated to travel around the city for free if they use a MasterCard on the transport network’s new contactless payment system this Friday. MasterCard holders will be able travel by tube, train, tram, bus and DLR for free by swiping their card on the new contactless system which has now been used [...]
Check out Transport for London’s snazzy new uniforms for tube staff, designed by Wayne Hemingway November 3, 2014 Transport for London (TfL) has updated uniform for London Underground staff. They're pretty snazzy. The uniforms, designed by Wayne Hemingway, are the first update in a decade – and are also the first time there has been a uniform "specially tailored" for female staff. Hemingway said the experience had "challenged us all". The "various mix [...]
Apple Pay is only the start: Mobile wallets are about to take off October 21, 2014 It’s here folks. Well, in the US at least. Yesterday, a string of American retailers (including Bloomingdale’s, Foot Locker and Toys R Us) started accepting Apple Pay transactions, allowing consumers to make payments through credit card information stored on the new iPhone. Exciting stuff, but haven’t people been predicting the end of cash for some [...]
Apple Pay launches: Why mobile payment is about take off October 21, 2014 Apple Pay, the tech giant's mobile payment service, has launched in the US offering users the ability to pay for items using just their mobile phone. It kicks of the most high-profile launch in the nascent mobile payment space, which could finally push it into the mainstream. A mobile wallet is perhaps the best way [...]
Monthly UK card transactions pass 1bn mark for the first time October 9, 2014 Spending on the plastic hit a record high this summer as Britons increasingly shopped with cards, not cash, figures released yesterday by the UK Cards Association revealed. Debit card transaction levels shot up 9.5 per cent on the year to 774m in August. And credit card sales increased 8.4 per cent to 232m in the [...]
When terrorists steal your name: The sorry plight of the brands called Isis September 24, 2014 Is there no such thing as bad publicity? If your brand carries the same name as an extremist terrorist outfit you might feel differently. Since emerging earlier this year, the militant group Isis has changed its name twice – it is now also known as Islamic State (IS) and Isil (Islamic State of Syria [...]