[access-uk] Re: Accessible bank card
- From: lsmithso@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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- Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2015 10:12:34 +0000
Can the card details be read from a contactless payment card by a NFC
app on a smart phone? Is there an app waiting to be written here?
goshawk on horseback writes:
> just my personal point of view, but I think it would have been a far better
> idea to work out ways around what is almost certainly the hardest and most
> frustrating thing with bank or credit cards, that of accessing the details
> needed to actually use the card, such as card number, start and expirey
> dates, and back security number, rather than prannying around with all these
> fancy ideas that don't really do a lot to improve usability.
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> Simon
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> From: Barry Hill
> To: angie.matthews@xxxxxxx
> Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2015 8:01 AM
> Subject: [access-uk] Accessible bank card
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> RBS and NatWest launch accessible cards for partially sighted and blind
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> 19 February 2015
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> In the UK alone there are over 2 million people living with sight loss
> making lots of everyday tasks, including banking, difficult and frustrating.
> Following feedback from a partially sighted customer, RBS and NatWest have
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> The new debit and savings cards feature braille, a notch to help identify
> the card and a large print phone number.
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> RBS and NatWest are now launching new accessible debit and savings cards
> which have been specifically designed for blind and partially sighted
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> To address some of the common problems that blind and partially sighted
> customers face, the cards will:
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> .feature braille markings to identify which card is savings and which card
> is debit
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> .have a notch cut out on the right hand side of the card to help customers
> insert their card into ATMs and PIN pads correctly
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> .show telephone numbers where they will be most clear
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> .have large font on the back of the card to make the phone numbers easier
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> RBS and NatWest's new cards can initially help their 15,000 customers
> registered as blind or partially sighted. All other features of the card
> remain the same - this card can be used in ATMs, at point of sale and for
> Contactless transactions home or abroad. The cards can be ordered in all RBS
> and NatWest branches, online or through telephone banking and will be issued
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> This is the first banking product designed especially for blind and
> partially sighted people. RBS has worked closely with the Royal National
> Institute of the Blind in the development of this card and in recognition of
> this work the new debit and savings cards will be the first banking products
> to be awarded the new national quality assurance mark 'RNIB approved'.
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> Ross McEwan, CEO of RBS, said: "We want to be recognised as a bank that
> listens to its customers and responds to their issues. It's really important
> to me that we make banking as simple and easy as possible for all of our
> customers and our accessible cards are another step towards us earning back
> the trust of the public."
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> Steve Tyler, Head of Solutions, Strategy and Planning at RNIB said, "We
> are delighted to have worked with RBS on making savings and debit cards more
> accessible. The very basic requirement of identifying the right card and
> quickly determining which way the card slots in to a machine or payment
> system has been solved by this development. Simple as it is, creating a card
> with tactile indicators that identify the card type as well as the way in
> which it should be used, is an engineering challenge, particularly to ensure
> that it doesn't disrupt machinery. We look forward to working with RBS in
> to the future and enhancing even more of the daily payment challenges that
> blind and partially sighted customers experience."
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> This information is for media use only and is not a financial promotion
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