Following the success of the Oyster card, London became the first major city in the world to accept contactless payment cards for travel, representing innovation at a global scale.
This project has introduced groundbreaking technology, which has revolutionised the need for paper ticketing, offering a way to achieve integration between different public transport operators.
The successful roll-out has opened up opportunities for other innovative contactless devices to be used, including mobile payments such as Apple Pay and Barclaycard’s bPay wristband and fob devices.