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Barclaycard launches the world’s first tap-and-pay car key

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September 7, 2017
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The world’s first contactless tap-and-pay car key has been launched by Barclaycard.

The move comes as data shows that most Brits now prefer tap-and-go payment instead of cash or chip and pin debit and credit cards.

The hi-tech car keys are currently only available with DS Automobiles, owned by Citroen, but are expected to be adopted by other manufacturers if the idea takes off.

And the early signs are that they will. According to Barclaycard,  six out of ten people in Britain say they now pay with tap-and-pay technology and spending set to rocket 317 per cent by 2021 according to Barclaycard.Contactless payments are rapidly increasing in popularity with one third of all card payments made in Britain are now made via tap-and-go technology, industry figures show.

A growing number of people are also making payments using their mobile phones to tap-and-pay. Worldpay data shows mobile contactless payments topped £370 million in the first six months of 2017, a rise of 336 per cent compared to 2016.

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Radio-Frequency ID connects tap-and-pay car key

The 2-in-1 tap-and-pay car key being used by Barclaycard is the first of its kind and uses a payment chip which uses Radio-Frequency IDentification technology to enable tap-and-pay.

Tami Hargreaves, director of innovation and partnerships at Barclaycard mobile payments, said: “At Barclaycard, we are constantly looking for ways to innovate from trialing contactless beer pumps, to piloting a contactless ice-cream van that allows customers to pay, and serve themselves an ice-cream in less than 60 seconds.

“Similarly, just this week, we launched the UK’s first contactless payment key card with DS Automobiles.

The tap-and-pay car key is “fast, easy and secure”

“This 2-in -1 device is the first of its kind in production and integrates our bPay payment chip with an existing DS car key to offer drivers a fast, easy and secure way to make contactless purchases with just a touch of their car keys.”

Such technology will make it even more important that you keep a tight grip of your keys. But just in case they go missing, it makes good sense to have them covered and Adrian Flux has the perfect insurance policy in mind.

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