The day has arrived.
I am now the proud owner of the new Barclaycard OnePulse card featuring London's finest travel technology, Oyster. Or so the media hype tells me.
It's fresh out of the envelope so no comments on use yet, but it certainly looks just like any other credit card. No bells or even whistles. But maybe the seemless integration is exactly where the beauty lies?
I want to head straight into London, just so that I can use this seemless new technology. I guess that's what the BBC were worried about when they said this...
In response to criticism that combining credit card transactions with travel fares could land people in unexpected debt, Sashi Verma, of TfL, said: "People are not incurring any further debt for the Oyster functionality in the card.
"This is for the banking industry to deal with rather than us."
Libby Chambers, of Barclaycard, said: "It is easy to spend, and we make it easy to use by having it available at lots and lots of merchants and locations.
"But we also encourage people to be very responsible, just as we do with the rest of our credit card products."
Read the whole BBC article »
But if I'm honest I 've got no idea which shops I can use it in?! I hadn't actually asked the question when I applied for the card. I'd read all the news reports...
"Over 1,000 shops, restaurants and cafes have signed up to Barclaycard's touch-and-pay One Pulse card including EAT, Krispy Kreme, Coffee Republic, Threshers, YO! Sushi and Books Etc."
But whether they're ready for me to wave my card at them while clutching a doughnut and an expresso remains to be seen.
Anyone successfully used their new piece of futuristic plastic yet?
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