[access-uk] Re: Accessible bank card
- From: "Derek Hornby" <derek.hornby_uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2015 19:03:49 -0000
Hi Barry
You may find this link of interest:
http://ask-leo.com/can_my_credit_card_information_be_read_remotely.htm
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it's about reading credit cards remotely
Derek
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From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Barry Hill
Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2015 5:41 PM
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Accessible bank card
Ah, thanks for that. Could someone else use their smart phone to read
your
card if they got close enough, which isn't difficult with blind
people?
Cheers
Barry
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lsmithso@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2015 4:51 PM
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Accessible bank card
NFC = Near Field Communications = The technology used to read
contactless
smart cards, payment cards etc. I believe that the card number, expiry
date
etc can be easily read by a smart phone. Its then a simple step to
read
those out loud using the 'phones TTS. It looks like contactless
versions of
credit/debit cards are available from a lot of banks, so this may be
an
alternative to adding Braille to credit cards.
Barry Hill writes: > What's
an NFC app, please?
>
> Cheers
>
> Barry
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf
Of > lsmithso@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2015 10:13
AM >
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [access-uk] Re: Accessible
bank card
> > > 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?
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>
> 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.
> >
> > Simon
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> > ----- Original Message -----
> > 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
> customers
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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 > introduced a new accessible debit card.
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> > rnib card
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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 > customers.
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> > To address some of the common problems that blind and
partially
sighted
> customers face, the cards will:
> >
> > .feature braille markings to identify which card is savings
and
which
> card is debit
> >
> > .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 > >
> > .show telephone numbers where they will be most clear
> >
> > .have large font on the back of the card to make the phone
numbers
> easier to read
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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 > within 48 hours.
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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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> > Disclaimer
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> > This information is for media use only and is not a financial
promotion
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