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* Contactless bank cards have more processing power on-board, and need quite a lot of RF energy to activate, so may not work as reliably as simpler cards like Oyster card or simple keyfobs. We have refitted all readers known to have problems activating bank cards with more reliable readers. Don't worry, we don't have the decryption keys to do anything banking related with your bank card, we just read the serial number, not the number printed on the front. (See below about Monzo and N26 payment cards, which have their own quirks) | * Contactless bank cards have more processing power on-board, and need quite a lot of RF energy to activate, so may not work as reliably as simpler cards like Oyster card or simple keyfobs. We have refitted all readers known to have problems activating bank cards with more reliable readers. Don't worry, we don't have the decryption keys to do anything banking related with your bank card, we just read the serial number, not the number printed on the front. (See below about Monzo and N26 payment cards, which have their own quirks) | ||
* Passports with RFID chips will not work, and by attempting to use them will reset some internal read count in the passport, which may raise questions at border crossings. | * Passports with RFID chips will not work, and by attempting to use them will reset some internal read count in the passport, which may raise questions at border crossings. | ||
* Some contactless bank cards are shipped to the recipient with the NFC functionality entirely disabled until the cardholder performs a valid chip-and-pin transaction. | |||
=== 'Cards' that don't work at all === | === 'Cards' that don't work at all === | ||
