[access-uk] Re: Accessible bank card
- From: "Adrien Collins" <adriencollins22160@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2015 16:54:09 +0100
Hi Barry
Yet halifax and Lloyds are all part of the same group.
Regards
Adrien
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[mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Barry Hill
Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2015 4:32 PM
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Subject: [access-uk] Re: Accessible bank card
No, only the Bank of Scotland so far.
Cheers
Barry
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Adrien Collins
Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2015 2:48 PM
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Subject: [access-uk] Re: Accessible bank card
Hi
Do all banks offer braille cards?
Regards
Adrien
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[mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Barry Hill
Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2015 7:02 PM
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Accessible bank card
Hmmm.... I like it. This sounds like it could be very
useful for VI.
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lsmithso@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2015 6:00 PM
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Subject: [access-uk] Re: Accessible bank card
The range is supposed to be around 1cm, but it rarely is.
They would have to
be practically touching your card with their phone to be
able to read it.
Since it doesn't give away any more information than is
printed on the card,
I don't think this is any greater a risk than of someone
rifling through
your wallet without you knowing. Besides, all the liability
for any loss is
on the bank.
Barry Hill writes:
> 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
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of >
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?
> >
> >
> > 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
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: Barry Hill
> > > To: angie.matthews@xxxxxxx
> > > Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2015 8:01 AM
> > > Subject: [access-uk] Accessible bank card
> > >
> > >
> > > RBS and NatWest launch accessible cards for
partially sighted and
> blind
> > customers
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > 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.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > rnib card
> > >
> > > 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.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > 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
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > 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.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > 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'.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > 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."
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > 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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