• Overview of Visa payWave

• How it works

• Benefits for cardholders

• Apply for a Visa payWave card

• Take part in the London launch
• London postcodes where Visa payWave will be accepted

• Frequently asked questions

Take part in the London launch - join the wave

If you would like to experience the speed and convenience of Visa payWave, London’s the place to be.

If you live in or near the city, you maybe able to obtain for a Visa payWave credit or debit card from participating banks such as Barclays, Halifax Bank of Scotland, NatWest and Royal Bank of Scotland.

Initially, Visa payWave will be introduced in and around several of London’s busiest transport hubs: Canary Wharf, Liverpool Street, Moorgate, Fenchurch Street, London Bridge, Charing Cross and Waterloo Stations. From here, we aim to introduce Visa payWave to retailers and cardholders elsewhere in the city and, ultimately, the whole of the UK.

If you live in London, you will also be able to apply for a new type of Barclaycard, developed in partnership with Transport for London ¹ and Transys ². As well as featuring Visa payWave, the new card will include the Oyster transit application.

So, for big purchases of over £10, you can use it for a normal chip and PIN transaction. For small purchases, you can enjoy the added speed and convenience of Visa payWave. And, for travel on buses and tubes, you can use Oyster.

Use Visa payWave wherever you see the ‘wave’

You will able to use Visa payWave at coffee shops, pubs, convenience and express shops and newsagents – the type of places where payment values tend to be quite low and speed of service is essential.

Whenever you see the distinctive ‘wave’ symbol, you will be able to use Visa payWave for any purchase less of £10 or less.

For purchases more than £10 – or for occasional security checks – a normal chip and PIN transaction will be conducted.

Of course, you can still use your Visa card for normal chip and PIN, internet, telephone or mail order transactions – wherever you see the Visa sign, at approximately 24 million merchants worldwide.

¹ Transport for London is the organisation that runs London’s buses, tubes, Tramlink, DLR and selected National Rail services

² Transys is the consortium which designed and implemented Oyster and which now manages the system on behalf of Transport for London