[LINK] refusing contactless cards

[Roger Clarke]

At 13:32 +0800 2/8/13, Harry McNally wrote:
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[Valuable and lucid analysis]
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Re one specific aspect only:
>... my ANZ business advisor ...  explained that I can opt out of 
>PayWave by filling in a form at my branch
>and that a new card would be issued. After some convivial discussion I asked
>if that also applied to my personal cards and it does. I'll drop in to the
>branch and check that today. I exchanged a MasterCard with them last year for
>a non-PayPass one so neither of my ANZ cards presently have RFID.
>
>So there appear to be options Craig. I'll check and let you know about ANZ.
>I'd be interested to know if Bendigo will issue non-RFID cards too.

My strong impression is that (at least the majors) will not issue a 
Visa/MasterCard other than with PayWave/PayPass installed and enabled.

I happened to be in a Bendigo branch recently, and enquired.

They said that the only way to avoid PayWave/PayPass is to use an ATM card.

So I'll be very interested in the information that people can get from:
-   CPS
-   ANZ
-   Bendigo

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